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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Lady Rabbits overcome
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
The Bowie High School volleyball team wrapped up the non-district portion of its schedule with a home match against Gainesville Tuesday.
The Lady Rabbits needed four sets to defeat the Leopards by scores of 26-24, 23-25, 25-10, 25-19.
Bowie was down by six points in the first set before rallying to win, and then the Leopards took the second set.
The Lady Rabbits didn’t have any trouble stopping Gainesville in the third set, and pretty much handled things in the fourth.
“I was concerned with the slow start at this time of year, with it being the week before district,” Bowie head coach Jeanie Stark said.
Bowie stands at 15-11 heading into Saturday’s District 3A-9 opener against defending champion Henrietta. The varsity match will begin at 4 p.m. today.
“I was proud of the girls for pulling through and getting the win, overcoming the slow start,” Stark said. “We are continuing to work toward playing at a more consistent level of energy and execution.”
Stark said the Lady Rabbits can’t afford any slow starts or play “out of system” now that the district slate is about to begin.
Addy Cook paces the Bowie attack with 20 kills while Madison Little added 14 and Taylor Thompson eight more. The Lady Rabbits recorded a respectable .232 attack percentage.
Bowie High School’s Henslee Ogle bumps the ball forward during Tuesday’s match against Gainesville. This was the final non-district match of the season. The Lady Rabbits downed the Lady Leopards in four sets. (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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