SPORTS
Saint Jo’s Schielve is named to TSMCA baseball board
Coming off the great success of making it to the regional semi-finals this past year, Saint Jo baseball will have some representation in the Texas 6-Man Coaches Association Baseball Advisory Board.
Athletic director/football and baseball coach Derek Schlieve has been appointed to the board after letting the coach from Abbott know that he was interested.
“I said coach I know you are looking for someone to be on the advisory committee for baseball,” Schlieve said. “I told him I would be more than willing to help with that.”
With not many athletic directors at the 1A level also serving as baseball coaches, Schlieve hopes he can help grow 1A baseball not just for the sake of Saint Jo, but for the whole state. One issue is the necessity for split districts.
“Some of the issues have been how you handle district play,” Schlieve said. “In one district you might have eight 2A schools and one 1A. On the flip side of that, how do you do it if you might have six 1A schools and one 2A.”
With the number of 1A schools with baseball programs still on the smaller side around the state, split districts are a necessity for teams that do not want to travel two hours to play a regular season game when they have a close 2A school.
Unfortunately, this means these 1A schools are then forced to play most of their schedule against 2A competition. Therefore, regular season records and trying to evaluate teams has been tricky heading into playoffs and trying to rank teams in a poll.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Jackrabbits
A day after football season ended and the Bowie boy’s basketball team played its first game of the season and is working towards a new goal this season.
The Jackrabbits lost that first game against Sanger on Nov. 9, 70-36 before bouncing back a few days later after some practice to beat Bridgeport on Nov. 12, 56-51.
Bowie comes into this season after falling just short of making the playoffs last season.
The team graduated two of its three double-digit scorers along with an experienced post player from its starting rotation last season.
Rayder Mann is the team’s most proven scorer from last season, but other players will be counted on to step up according to Coach Ryan Dykes, who enters his second season at Bowie.
“Rayder Mann and Bradly Horton will need to be the floor generals for us to be successful,” Dykes said. “Boston Farris will be counted on to be a productive player and Gaige Goodman will need to be a factor in the paint on both the offensive and defensive end.”
In the first game against Sanger, Mann led the team with 13 points while Goodman was second with eight points.
The offense was much better overall against Bridgeport. Horton had 15 points, Mann had 14 points and Farris had nine points as Bowie scored in double-digits in every quarter of the game.
Lady Rabbits
In the second week of the season the Bowie Lady Rabbits had up and down performances.
The Lady Rabbits lost at Bridgeport on Nov. 9, 68-30 but bounced back to win at home on Nov. 12 against Boyd 55-42.
Against Bridgeport, Bowie gave up too many three-pointers on defense as the Sissies made 12 in the game.
It was too much for the Lady Rabbits to keep up with.
Parker Riddle led the team with 14 points while Payton Holt was second with five points.
The offense was more successful overall and balanced against Boyd, pulling away in the second half. Hanna Bell led the team with 13 points while Holt was second with eight points and Lanie Moore had seven points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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