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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Bowie receives three votes in regional polling
The Bowie High School football team received votes in the Texas High School Coaches Association regional poll.
The Jackrabbits were given three votes in the Conference 3A Division I Region I poll, the same number as Crane.
“It’s nice to have recognition,” said head football coach Dylan Stark. “It’s good for the kids.”
It’s the latest sign of development in Bowie’s football program, which hasn’t received votes in previous regional preseason polls.
Bowie is coming off its most successful season in more than three decades, with a 6-6 overall record and bi-district playoff victory over Clyde – who was rated sixth overall.
Defending state champion Brock is No. 1 with 40 votes, followed by Wall with 35, Shallowater third with 32 and Muleshoe fourth at 29.
Fellow district school Breckenridge also ranked seventh, and the Buckaroos received 15 votes.
First practices are fast approaching
The first allowable date for practice as set by the University Interscholastic League will be Aug. 1.
Football teams will begin with two-a-days that day, and volleyball teams also will follow suit.
Cross country teams may begin practices on Aug. 1 as well.
The first day of contact football practice is set for Aug. 5, and in recent years, Bowie and Nocona had midnight practices to beat the heat and give players an extended weekend.
Scrimmages are allowed to begin on Aug. 12. Teams may play up to three scrimmages.
Volleyball scrimmages may begin on Aug. 5, and the first match date is Aug. 8.
Cross country meets typically don’t start until the first week of September.
Bowie’s Rylan Dorman (17) talks with head coach Dylan Stark during the Conference 3A Division I Region I area round game at Snyder last season. The Jackrabbits received votes as one of the top teams in the region from the Texas High School Coaches Association. (News file photo by Eric Viccaro)
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.
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 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th 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 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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