SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Rabbits hop to victory
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
With a playoff-like atmosphere so thick you could have brushed it away, the Bowie High School volleyball team defeated Nocona in four games in District 3A-9 play Tuesday.
Bowie won by scores of 21-25, 29-27, 25-18, 25-16 at BHS Gymnasium.
While the Lady Rabbits seemed motivated, the Lady Indians – after the opening set – didn’t play inspired in a match where a playoff berth was on the line.
“In the first set, we seemed a little shaky and I think we were trying too hard,” Bowie head coach Jeanie Stark said. “We didn’t play bad, we were just a little too anxious.”
Bowie improved to 23-14, 8-4 in District 3A-9 while Nocona fell to 21-15, 7-5. This marked the first time in several years the Lady Rabbits defeated the Lady Indians in a district setting.
The Lady Rabbits travel to Wichita Falls today to play City View while Nocona entertains Henrietta on Senior Day.
Stark said the turning point of the match was late in the second set as Bowie outlasted Nocona to win the salvo.
“I told the girls the second set would be huge,” Stark said. “We survived it, and then we seemed to settle in even more.”
Bowie played a strong match from both sides – offense and defense – as the Lady Rabbits totaled 74 digs and 52 kills.
Nocona had trouble contending with Bowie outside hitters Addy Cook and Madison Little.
“It was a tough loss Tuesday,” Nocona head coach Tiffany Clay said. “We have been playing flat the last couple of weeks, and I stressed the importance of being on our ‘A’ game. Cook and Little were hard to defense. They were both hot, and Bowie played well.” Read more in the weekend Bowie News.
Carcyn Robertson used her service game to help Bowie defeat Nocona in four sets on Oct. 20. (News file 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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