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FANTASY OF LIGHTS: New year, same spot for Bowie girls

Published

10 years ago

12/02/2015

By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com

For the second straight year, the Bowie High School girls’ basketball team finished second in the Fantasy of Lights Tournament at Wichita Falls.
Wichita Falls Rider, for the second time last week, defeated Bowie for the title. The Jackrabbits played a much more competitive game this time around.
The game featured fifth-ranked Conference 5A Rider (11-1) and sixth-ranked Conference 3A Bowie (5-2).
“Rider tried to go big on us the first time we played,” Bowie head coach Colby Davis-Pastusek said. “We went with two post players and matched up so much better.
“In the first game at Rider, we allowed 18 offensive rebounds, so controlling the boards was a big point of emphasis when we played them in the championship game.”
Madison Hill started for Bowie, along with Addy Cook in the front court. The Lady Rabbits culled 23 rebounds this time, four more caroms than the game at Rider on Nov. 24. They also didn’t allow Rider as many boards this go round.
Still, Rider had too much firepower as Mercedes Brooks tossed in a game-high 30 points and Corbri Wingfield added 12.
Bowie attempted to counter with strong perimeter shooting. The Lady Rabbits made 31 percent of their shots in this game versus Rider, as opposed to 27 percent on Nov. 24. Read more, and see the complete box score, in the mid-week Bowie News.

Bowie’s Addy Cook attempts a scoop shoot during the first half of Saturday’s Fantasy of Lights large-school girls’ championship game at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls. Cook made the all-tournament team. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

5 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

Published

5 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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5 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.