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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Gold-Burg girls earn 1A-21 win

Published

10 years ago

01/27/2016

By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com

The Gold-Burg girls’ basketball team accomplished something this past Friday it couldn’t do during the 2014-15 season.
The Lady Bears won a District 1A-21 game – defeating Saint Jo 38-33 at “The Dome.”
Gold-Burg head coach Cheryl Cromleigh said her team was motivated, in part, from getting swept by the Lady Panthers during volleyball season.
“I think it was over the top to get a district win,” Cromleigh said.
Cromleigh applauded the aggressive effort Gold-Burg put forth on defense, and the Lady Bears came through despite Madi Eckeberger’s persistent foul trouble. Eckeberger fouled out in the fourth quarter.
Gold-Burg’s offense needed to come from somewhere, and Lexy Hand tossed in a game-high 15 points – which including 3-of-6 from the free-throw line.
Despite the loss, Saint Jo coach Kyle Sivadon was equally complimentary of how well the Lady Panthers played on defense.
“Our defense has been playing well, and we’ve held a lot of teams in the 30s,” Sivadon said. “Gold-Burg did a good job on transition defense. We couldn’t score a lot in the transition game.” Read more in The Bowie News.

Gold-Burg’s Genevieve Hanna (12) attempts to save the ball from going out of bounds during the second half of Friday’s District 1A-21 game at Saint Jo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

SPORTS

Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

6 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

6 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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6 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.