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SPORTSBLITZ: Schedule through Feb. 25, and sports digest

Published

10 years ago

02/22/2016

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SCHEDULE

Feb. 22

Basketball

6 p.m., Bowie vs. Gunter, at Denton Guyer High School (boys’ 3A bi-district game)

8 p.m., Nocona vs. Pilot Point, at Bridgeport (boys’ 3A bi-district game)

Feb. 23

Baseball
4:30 p.m., Saint Jo at Tioga

Basketball

7 p.m., Bowie vs. Brock, at Azle High School (girls’ 3A regional quarterfinal)

7:30 p.m., Forestburg vs. Milford, at Joshua High School (boys’ 1A bi-district game)

Feb. 24

Tennis

3 p.m., Prairie Valley at Nocona

Feb. 25

Baseball

Bowie at Tournament of Legends, junior varsity only

Nokona Gloves Tournament, Nocona

Softball

Bowie Tournament

Nocona at Burkburnett Tournament

Golf

Nocona at dual tournament, River Creek GC, at Burkburnett

Track and Field

3:30 p.m., Saint Jo at Paradise Invitational

4 p.m., Bowie at Henrietta Invitational

Boosters set for meeting Weds.

The Bowie Athletic Booster Club has set its next meeting for 6 p.m. on Feb. 24 in the high school commons area.

Help needed for hospitality

Bowie High School will be the site of the Conference 3A Region 6 girls’ powerlifting meet set for Feb. 27. For information, call Melissa Robinson at 1-940-366-0163.

Ribbon meet canceled

The Nocona Middle School Ribbon Meet that was set for Feb. 22 at the high school track has been scrapped.

Donkey ball in Forestburg

The Forestburg Independent School District Education Foundation will be serving as the event sponsor for upcoming donkey basketball.
Donkey basketball will take place at 6 p.m. on March 5 in the high school gymnasium.

Bowie’s Trace Hardee dribbles during Tuesday’s District 3A-9 championship game at Henrietta. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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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

Published

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

Published

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.