SPORTS
Prairie Valley basketball starts season
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs topped Mineral Wells Community Christian 53-42 on Friday to secure a season opener win.
However, the Lady Bulldogs trailed 0-6 at the end of the first quarter, but woke up and put 18 points on the board in the second to head into halftime trailing just one point 18-19.
The Lady Bulldogs continued to dominate in the last two quarters, outscoring the visiting team 17-12 in both to take the 52-43 win.
Sydni Messer tallied 15 points to lead the Lady Bulldogs. Hailey Winkler also scored in double digits with 12 points to help fuel the win.
“We have a lot to work on,” explained Carpenter. “First and foremost, the girls need to be hitting the gym putting up shots. We are quick but struggle with seeing the court as well as we should. We are still a relatively young team, but we are returning four starters. I am looking forward to what this season has in store for us.”
The Prairie Valley boys suffered a tight three-point loss by 67-64 to Mineral Wells Community Christian to open the season on Friday night.
The Bulldogs led in the first half, closing out the first quarter ahead by one 16-15, and had extended that lead 32-27 heading into halftime.
However, the Warriors came back fighting in the third, outscoring the Bulldogs 14-7. They again led in the fourth by one point, but the third quarter was enough of a lead to take the win 67-64.
“We played a very physical game, but a lot of times we were just out of control offensively and defensively,” said Prairie Valley Coach Seth Stephens, who is in his first year of coaching the Bulldogs.
Three of the Bulldog’s starters fouled out, with William Winkler landing in foul trouble and spending half the game on the bench.
However, he was still able to grab 11 rebounds while putting up 12 points. Carter Lemon led the Bulldog offense with 19 points, and Tyler Reid was a big contributor for Prairie Valley with 10 points and seven rebounds.
The Bulldogs will take on HEAT as well at home on Friday. The boys will follow the girl’s game, scheduled for 6 p.m.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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