SPORTS
Bowie falls to Ponder
It was a game to forget for the Bowie Lady Rabbits on Friday as it hosted state ranked Ponder.
The Lady Rabbits offense struggled as the Lady Lions won 47-29 thanks mostly to its ever present full-court press.
The game started off slow for both teams as Ponder held a meager 3-2 lead midway through the first quarter. All of sudden, some ugly turnovers from Bowie led to easy baskets. In about two minutes the Lady Lions went on a 12-1 run and led 15-5 going into the second quarter.
There was still plenty of time for Bowie to turn things around if they kept the turnovers down and played good defense for the next three quarters. Ponder’s platoon style of substituting three players at a time to keep its team fresh to press, made the Lady Lions mostly dependent on forcing turnovers to get them in rhythm offensively since they were bound to be taken out at the next ball stoppage.
It paid off as Ponder continued to force turnovers that led to easy looks. The times the Lady Rabbits did make it past the press, execution and shot making were not on the menu. Bowie trailed 26-9 heading into halftime looking for answers.
The only answer was to play better and better and the Lady Rabbits did. Bowie scored the first six points of the quarter in the first two minutes. Unfortunately, the rest of the quarter went the Lady Lion’s way as another bad spell from the Lady Rabbits fed into the lead. Heading into the fourth Ponder led 41-18.
Bowie finished strong in the fourth quarter. The egregious turnovers were cut down some and the offense played its best stretch of the game, scoring in double figures for the quarter. This also led to Ponder’s most lackluster offensive quarter as well. Unfortunately, there would be no miracle comeback as the Lady Lions won 47-29.
Aslyn Davis led the team with 10 points and Hope Howard was second with nine points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
For the second year, Montague County All-Stars hosted its annual Fall Games at Saint Jo High School Oct. 21.
Representatives from nearly every county elementary and high school took part in the day-long event. Students with assorted disabilities learned how to play basketball in the morning and volleyball in the afternoon.
Helping teach the finer points of both games were players and coaches from all the area high schools. Individual skills such as passing, dribbling, and shooting were taught in one of the school’s gyms before athletes were broken up into teams and played timed games in the other gym.
Some of the younger athletes had issues with the ball dribbling and got hit in the nose. Eventually they all got the hang of it, one even getting a basket.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona’s volleyball team had a tough first set against visiting Olney Oct. 16 but then turned things around in the final two games and cruised to a 3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-14) win.
The Lady Indians are now 4-2 in district with one match to go in the regular season Oct. 23 in Petrolia.
Kasi Castro opened the match with a Nocona ace. Paige Davis later followed with a kill to break serve and a single point for a 3-1 lead.
Kills by Sy Parker and Raylea Bowles helped keep Olney down. Leah Meekins’ single point put Nocona up 6-3. Castro’s five-point streak extended the lead to 13-7 with kills from Presley Weber and Parker keeping the drive alive.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
To close out the District 10-A season, Forestburg’s volleyball team traveled to Bellevue and posted a 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-18) over the host Lady Eagles.
Forestburg tied for first place with Saint Jo and broke the deadlock Oct. 26 (see story, same section).
Brooklyn Shook’s ace put Bellevue up 1-0 in game one. Forestburg’s Lacie Shotwell’s three-point run later put the visitors up 5-2, Brenna Brailes extended the Lady ‘Horn lead to 7-3.
Single points by Landry Fluitt and Brylie Hager cut the lead to 7-8. Forestburg’s Addy Conway rolled off five straight points to extend the lead to 14-7. Mattie Broussard of Bellevue later cut the deficit to 11-14 with a three-point string. points from Madi Wadsworth and Presley Brown put Forestburg up 18-12.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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