SPORTS

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Nocona extends Bowie to six

Published

10 years ago

04/06/2016

By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com

The Nocona High School softball team may want to pretend every team they play wears maroon.
That’s because the Lady Indians have played their best softball against District 3A-9 frontrunner Bowie this season.
“They had good swings on the ball, and good things happened for them,” Bowie head softball coach Brant Farris said.
“I think that we were seeing the ball well, and we were more confident at the plate,” Nocona head coach Lindsay Cline said. “It was really the pick-me-up they needed.”
Nocona had struggled this season stringing hits together for big innings, but that certainly wasn’t the case here.
Nocona found itself down 13-1 after three innings, but the Lady Indians showed resolve in the top of the fourth – pushing across six runs to make the game more competitive.
Bowie stands at 15-7-2, 7-1 heading into Tuesday night’s all-important game at Boyd with the district lead on the line. Nocona (4-13, 0-8) plays host to Holliday.
With that win over Nocona, Bowie has already equaled its win total from the 2015 season – and there’s still most of the second half of district yet to play. Read more, and see box scores and updated district standings, in the April 6 Bowie News.

Bowie’s Callie Melton shows the ball after stretching to make a putout at first base during Friday’s District 3A-9 game versus Nocona at the outdoor sports complex. (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.

SPORTS

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.

SPORTS

Fourteen track athletes head to State

Published

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.