SPORTS
OUTDOORS: Toledo Bend Lake honored
This past weekend, select Bowie High School anglers earned the right to compete at the Texas High School Bass Association state tournament.
The event took place at Toledo Bend Reservoir, which straddles both Texas and Louisiana.
And the fishery has reclaimed the No. 1 spot as the best location for bass fishing across the entire United States.
“More than three months of research went into this year’s rankings,” Bassmaster magazine editor James Hall said. “We scoured the Internet for current catch-rate data, using the results of more than two dozen tournament organizations. It’s a brutal process.”
Input was gleaned from B.A.S.S. nation members, state fisheries biologists, the B.A.S.S. Council and from fans of the organization on Facebook.
Toledo Bend also was tops in the Central Division, with Falcon Lake third, Sam Rayburn Reservoir fourth, Lake Palestine sixth and Lake Ray Roberts in rural Sanger also among the top-10 from Texas.
“Our panel of judges who finalized the rankings was absolutely blown away by the production of Toledo Bend the past 12 months,” Hall added.
Toledo Bend has yielded 139 certified bass weighing 10 pounds or more, with a 14¼-pounder topping the list.
TPWD participates in Operation Dry Water
Boaters beware.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be one of many participating agencies from around the nation during Operation Dry Water.
Operation Dry Water will run from June 24-26.
The purpose of the operation is to bring heightened awareness and increased enforcement of waterways.
Game wardens will step up patrol, and be on alert for those violating boating under the influence laws. Read more in the June 22 Bowie News.
Toledo Bend Lake was named the No. 1 spot for bass fishing in the United States according to Bassmaster Magazine. (Courtesy photo by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, used with permission)
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs had a good final non-district warm-up on Friday at home against Ector.
The Eagles beat the Bulldogs 69-63 in a game where Prairie Valley was trying to play catch up all the way through.
The Bulldogs were coming off a tough tournament at Electra the previous week to try and knock the holiday rust off. Prairie Valley was familiar with Ector, having played the team to start its season back in early November and was hoping to compete better than it did in that first game.
The Eagles came out firing, splashing five 3-pointers, including several deep ones, to go out to a 21-8 lead in the first quarter. Even with the Bulldogs changing out of their preferred zone defense, the 3-pointers continued a bit and opened things up inside the arc.
Thankfully, Prairie Valley’s offense came alive in the second quarter, scoring 18 points and cutting the lead down to 38-26 at halftime.
The third quarter was more of the same, though a different player for Ector started to get hot from beyond the arc. Even as the Bulldogs were able to keep up their offensive production from the second quarter, they could not break through and cut the game to single-digits, trailing 54-42 heading into the final period.
The fourth quarter saw Prairie Valley break through to cut it the lead to single-digits, but just not close enough. Every time the Bulldogs were on the cusp of making it a one or two basket game, the Eagles would make a shot to keep that distance.
In the end, the final score was the closest Prairie Valley got as Ector won 69-63.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians bounced back with a competitive district win at Petrolia on Friday.
The Indians won 60-53 against the Pirates in a game where the middle quarters took drastic swings in momentum.
Nocona was coming off its first district loss against Windthorst as the team sat a 1-1 district record.
Petrolia came into the game at 0-1, but had a bit more time to prepare for the game.
The first quarter was competitive, but the Indians were able to get to the free throw line at will and led 16-11.
Then Nocona’s pressure defense turned up its intensity in the second quarter.
“Our pressure seemed to disrupt them and we were able to get out in transition after forcing turnovers,” Coach Brody Wilson said.
Nocona scored 25 points and led 41-25 at halftime.
Unfortunately, that intensity did not keep up at the start of the third quarter for Nocona.
The Indians took their foot off the gas a little bit which allowed Petrolia’s offense to get back into the game and make up some of the deficit.
The Pirates outscored Nocona 15-7 and trailed only 48-40 heading into the final period.
Thankfully, the Indians bounced back and competed a bit better in the fourth quarter. Nocona was able to keep offensive pace to keep Petrolia at a bit of a distance instead of making it a one score game.
The Indians held on to win 60-53.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly Bowie News.
For more pictures from the Prairie Valley game, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6871971&T=1
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