SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Maroon thumps Bullfrogs
The Bowie High School junior varsity maroon football team won its first game of the season on Thursday 36-0 as Jacob Skinner scored two first-quarter touchdowns on runs.
The defense recorded a shutout, which included a goal-line stand in the second quarter after Bowie fumbled deep inside its own territory.
“We were physical on both sides of the ball,” Bowie head JV coach Quentin Berend said. “We held them down at the goal line, and then we scored right before halftime.”
Berend was pleased to see how the players flew around the field on defense.
“You could tell they were having fun,” Berend added.
Bowie JV Maroon stands at 1-0-1 heading into its next game on Sept. 10 at Henrietta.
Gabe Allen also scored two TDs, one rushing and one passing on a 10-yard connection with Rylan Dorman. The pair also hooked up for a two-point conversion pass.
Jay Rogers capped the performance with a pad-popping hit on a Lake Worth kickoff return in the fourth quarter.
Bowie Junior Varsity
White
Lake Worth 38, Bowie 14
Lake Worth scored 32 second-quarter points en route to a 38-14 victory over Bowie’s JV White team.
A.J. Craddock scored on a pair of TD runs, Keck Jones recorded a two-point conversion run and Joey Crawford forced a fumble and returned it six yards. JV White dropped to 1-1. Read more, and see complete boxscores, in the weekend Bowie News.
Bowie High School’s Jacob Skinner (right) played well on offense with a pair of touchdown runs, and he also made his mark on defense as shown here with this tackle against Lake Worth at Jackrabbit Stadium on Thursday. Bowie earned a whitewash 36-0 victory over the visiting Bullfrogs, and now have a 1-0-1 record on the season. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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