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LOCAL NOTEBOOK: Boosters cover plans for winter, spring seasons

Published

11 years ago

10/07/2015

There were no major purchases during Monday’s Bowie Athletic Booster Club meeting at the high school.
During the meet, Bowie head boys’ basketball coach Doug Boxell reported the Jackrabbits have scheduled two tournaments for the 2015-16 season.
There will be a junior high tournament in mid-November and a high school tournament from Dec. 3-5.
Boxell covered estimated expenses and projected gate receipts, and how it will impact the booster club.
There are still more than 30 tickets available for Dallas Mavericks games on the days Bowie is slated to play at American Airlines Center in Dallas.
One ticket costs $32.
Bowie will play on Nov. 20 and Nov. 28 at the AAC, with the girls and boys playing on different dates. The Mavericks will play the Utah Jazz on Nov. 20 and Denver Nuggets on Nov. 28.
Booster Club president Craig Stallcup reported the volleyball team will have its “Pink Out” game on Oct. 20 versus Nocona. The football “Pink Out” game is set for Oct. 23 versus Breckenridge.
Spectators are urged to wear their “Team Hall,” shirts in honor of Lynn Brantley Hall, who is currently battling breast cancer. Hall is the mother of current Bowie senior wide receiver Chase Hall.
The meeting was spent planning future events.
The baseball team will have two events in the spring at the outdoor sports complex, the American Cancer Society tournament is March 3-5, 2016, and the Walker Stallcup Tournament will be March 10-12, 2016.
Craig Stallcup reported the Walker Stallcup Tournament from this past March raised $8,500 for scholarships.
The softball team also will have a home tournament from March 3-5, 2016.

Bowie seventh-graders fall

The Bowie Junior High School seventh-grade “A” team lost 36-14 on the road to Windthorst’s eighth-grade “A” squad on Thursday.

Thursday’s Result
at Windthorst
Windthorst 8A 36,
Bowie 7A 14
Score by Quarters
Bowie 0 0 6 8 – 14
W’thorst 8 14 8 8 – 36
Scoring Summary
(Bowie only)
Third Quarter
B – Ty Harris 1 run (conversion failed)
Fourth Quarter
B – Jon David Cunningham 3 pass from Harris (Harris run)
Defensive standouts: Brae Ogle and Camden Starnes
Record: Bowie, 1-3

Bowie Jackrabbits/Cottontails. (Logo provided by the Bowie Independent School District, used with permission)

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Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.

No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.

With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Willett, Richey off to State

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3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.

Tyler Richey finished 2^nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9^th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3^rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4^th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.

Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6^th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8^th with a time of 3:30.76.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Fourteen track athletes head to State

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3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.

The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.

Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2^nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2^nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2^nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6^th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8^th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.