SPORTS

Lady Rabbits fall to Brock

Published

7 years ago

11/03/2018

It was not the Bowie Lady Rabbit’s night on Tuesday as they lost to Brock in the bi-district round of the playoffs to end their season at Graham High School.
The Lady Rabbits made it a good fight, but ultimately the Lady Eagles won 3-1 as they controlled the final two sets for the most part.
The first set got off to a close start, with both teams trading points and Brock holding a slight 8-7 lead.
Bowie was able to take their first lead of the set 14-13, but the Lady Eagles took over from there scoring seven of the next eight points to go up 20-15.
The Lady Rabbits tried to right the ship, but could not gain an advantage as the teams traded points as Brock went on to win 25-21.
Down one set, things did not go well for Bowie as they started the second set.
The Lady Eagles came out and gained an early 7-3 lead. The Lady Rabbits came back with some strong serving to not only tie the score at 9-9, but take a 14-11 lead.
The lead opened up to a 20-15 and the good times kept coming for Bowie.
Along with good serving, some blocks at the net got into Brock’s players heads as they started to commit errors that gave the Lady Rabbits free points.
They closed the set strong as they won 25-17 to tie the match up.
Hoping to ride on that momentum, instead it was the Lady Eagles who got out to an early, but small lead.
That lead proved sustainable as the 4-1 lead turned into a 14-11 lead before things started to turn.
Unfortunately for Bowie, things turned even more in Brock’s favor as the lead ballooned to 21-14 as they coasted to win 25-16 and take a one set lead.
“Third set we struggled some more with passing and moving through our digs which kept our offense from executing,” Coach Breanna Jones said. “Brock was really good at keeping the ball in play and at changing the speed of their offense, which made it harder to defend.”
The Lady Rabbits needed to win the fourth set if they hoped to keep their season alive. Even in the set they won, Bowie had not started a set well and that trend continued in the worst way. The Lady Eagles got out to a 12-3 lead as things were not going good for the Lady Rabbits.
Bowie did their best to cut the lead down to 15-10, but could not get any closer in the next 10 points. Brock held a 20-15 lead and the Lady Rabbits were running out of points. It was there were Bowie made their best attempt at a comeback, winning five of the next seven points to cut the lead to 22-20 and forcing the Lady Eagles to call a timeout.
Hoping Brock would bow to the pressure of not just giving up a big comeback, but with it being a playoff game, it seemed possible for the first time since the beginning of the set that Bowie would be able to win the fourth set as the end drew near.
Unfortunately, the Lady Eagles settled down and won the next three points to win the set 25-20 and the match 3-1.
“When I think back on this team, I will remember the way they battled,” Jones said. “Sometimes they won and sometimes they lost, but they always battled.”

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SPORTS

Two teams compete at state tourney

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7 days ago

06/05/2025

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Colt Henry, Lane Smith, Cooper Johnson and Corbyn Patton competed at the state high school bass tournament at Lake Conroe. (Courtesy photo)

The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.

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15 athletes playing in Oil Bowl

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7 days ago

06/05/2025

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The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.

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Hill upgraded to Nocona AD

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7 days ago

06/05/2025

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New Nocona Athletic Director Jeff Hill along with his wife Amy and their kids Kason, Camden and Kinsley. (Courtesy photo)

Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”

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