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STORM CENTER: Mascot mania ensues
We’ve dealt with some serious issues in columns the past couple of weeks, so it’s time to change that.
One of my personal favorite topics is high school mascots.
The mascots around here are safe picks, and certainly aren’t going to make the politically-correct crowd boil like water on a stove.
At one point, Bowie wasn’t the Jackrabbits – rather the school mascot was the Mustang.
As stated in previous special sections found in the Bowie News, the first school mascot was the Mustang. This was documented in yearbooks from 1909 and 1912.
More annuals were uncovered during the 1920s, and these publications have Jackrabbits listed as Bowie’s mascot.
Tales of the change are unclear.
One account states the Jackrabbit mascot was born thanks to a member of the media. Bowie ran so fast at the University Interscholastic League state meet, a reporter compared them to Jackrabbits.
The other story relates one of the track team members had a Jackrabbit sewn on his shirt, and the crowd cheered him on, yelling, “Go Jackrabbit.”
The new mascot stuck, and the Mustangs were transformed into Jackrabbits.
Nocona is an Indian town through and through. So therefore, Indians makes perfect sense to be the mascot.
Peta Nocona, chief of the Comanche Quahadi band, led his tribe through the Indian Wars from the 1840s to the 1860s. He’s the father of Chief Quanah Parker.
Peta was the son of Pohebits-quasho, also known as “Iron Jacket,” which serves the name for the largest youth baseball tournament every year in Nocona. Read more from this column in the July 23 Bowie News.
Do you know some interesting mascots? Let the sports editor know by email: sports@bowienewsonline.com.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Hutto High School, according to the sports editor of the Bowie News, has the best mascot in the state of Texas. The legend has it a hippo escaped from a traveling circus and visited this community, which is near Austin. (Submitted photo)
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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