SPORTS
CROSS COUNTRY: Prairie Valley takes both 1A-21 junior high titles
The Prairie Valley Junior High cross country teams won District 1A-21 titles on Wednesday at Twisted Oaks Golf Club.
The Bulldog boys won by five points over Bellevue, and the girls were 19 points clear of both Saint Jo and Bellevue (61) and Midway scored 71.
Logan Morman from Saint Jo won the boys’ race with a time of 12 minutes, 57 seconds. Morman was 28 seconds better than teammate Hunter Garrett.
The rest of the top-10 was as follows: 3, Trevor Vann, Forestburg; 4, Rusty McClelland, Midway; 5, Curtis Smith, Forestburg; 6, Nick Bell, Prairie Valley; 7, Owen Davis, Saint Jo; 8, Tyler Allen, Bellevue; 9, Brock Tompkins, Prairie Valley; 10, Travis Terry, Bellevue.
Ethan Lyons was Gold-Burg’s top runner in 20th. Reagan Wilson and Laramie McCarty ran for Montague, placing 24th and 26th, respectively. Jake Eckeberger also ran for Gold-Burg.
Saint Jo’s Paityn Holley was the winner on the girls’ side, taking gold in 14:47, with teammate Kassidy Pitman second 11 ticks back and Lady Panther Traci Corley third.
The rest of the top-10 was as follows: 4, Daley Nichols, Midway; 5, Molly Gilleland, Prairie Valley; 6, Hailey Winkler, Prairie Valley; 7, Jasmine Jones, Bellevue; 8, Abby Wise, Bellevue; 9, CeCe Mahin, Prairie Valley; 10, Madison Messoui, Gold-Burg. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News.
Hailey Winkler, CeCe Mahin, Cheyenne Collins, Shelby Roof and Molly Gilleland helped the Prairie Valley junior high girls’ cross country team win the District 1A-21 title. (Courtesy photo from the Prairie Valley Independent School District)
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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