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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Vann, Wallace most valuable players

Published

10 years ago

11/27/2015

The Forestburg High School football team may have lost on Thursday to Motley County, but the Longhorns had a historic season.
To that end, Matthew Wallace was named District 12-1A-II most valuable player on offense with Taten Vann chosen as the MVP for defense.
Stevie Carroll was chosen as the newcomer of the year. The entire Forestburg coaching staff – head coach Wayne Tuckwell and assistants Steve Sandusky and John Metzler – was named coaching staff of the year.
Forestburg (8-4 overall record) won the District 12-1A-II championship, with Throckmorton second.
Woodson was third and Gold-Burg fourth.
Vann and Malaci Moore are all-star representatives for Forestburg, with Stetson McPherson from Woodson and Keith Balthrop of Throckmorton the alternates.

District 9-1A-I

Honors were released for District 9-1A-I on Monday since Newcastle suffered a 20-12 loss to Zephyr in the area round this past weekend.
Saint Jo finished winless in the district, with Newcastle as the winner and Bryson taking second spot. Tioga was third.
Micah Villa from Tioga was the offensive most valuable player while Newcastle’s Mikey Walker was the defensive most valuable player.
No Panthers were on the first team; however, there were some accolades to go around.
Mario Lopez was named second-team spread center and kicker. He was second-team kicker along with Newcastle’s Paul Davidson.

Matthew Wallace, shown here running during an Oct. 29 home game versus Woodson, was named District 12-1A-II most valuable player on offense. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Norwood new Bowie boys hoop coach

Published

17 hours ago

04/30/2026

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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

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Nocona softball falls to Archer City

Published

17 hours ago

04/30/2026

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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.

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Lady Rabbits win bi-district

Published

17 hours ago

04/30/2026

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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.