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Bowie Junior High teams play at tournaments
The Bowie Junior High A teams traveled to tournaments last weekend, with the boys playing in Decatur and the girls playing at Iowa Park.
While all had their successes, it was the seventh grade boys A team that won the entire Decatur Tournament, beating established programs like Brock, Krum and the tournament hosts themselves in the championship game.
The first game proved the be the toughest game as the Cottontails won 40-39 thanks to Tucker Jones clutch free throws with 10 seconds left that proved to be the game winners.
The eighth grade boys A team lost to Brock and Peaster, but was able to beat Decatur in the second game.
At Iowa Park, the seventh grade girls A team won its first two games against Nocona and Iowa Park before losing to Holliday.
On Monday the boys teams hosted Holliday and played mostly tough game. In eighth grade, the A team won a close one 48-47 while the B team lost a low scoring game 24-23. In seventh grade, the A team lost a close game 36-35 while the B team won by a blow out 45-11.
The girls traveled to Holliday where they struggled. In seventh grade, the A team lost 43-14 while the B team lost 32-20.
The Junior High’s next games are Jan. 28 at home against Nocona. Games start at 5 p.m.
To see the full list of results sent in from coaches, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Kally Jump will be taking over as head volleyball coach at Bowe High School.
Jump comes to town after a three-year stint as head coach at Class 4A Alvarado. She will be entering her 7th year of coaching this Fall. She replaces Ashley Sanders, who guide the team to a 6-6 finish in District 7-3A and a bi-district loss to Peaster.
After graduating from Tarleton State in 2020, she went to Itasca before going to Alvarado. With a number of family and friends in the area, Jump and her family decided to make the trip North.
Jump, who taught geometry and Algebra 2 at Alvarado, is the daughter of educators, She decided she wanted to be an educator when she was in elementary school.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
A solid day was had by Montague county high school tracksters at the State Track and Field Meet May 16 in Austin.
Bellevue’s Mattie Broussard had a pair of second place finishes in both the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.41 and the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:31.33. Broussard also was 4th in the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:22.18.
Her teammate Brylie Hager was 9th in the 110-meter hurdles in 19.93.
Forestburg’s Brenna Briles was 4th in the triple jump with a 35’9 1’2” leap. Her teammate Jocelyn Rich was 4th in the pole vault with a 9’ leap.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie had a pair of top four finishes at the State Track and Field Meet May 14.
Sophomore Brayden Willett made it onto the medal stand, finishing 3rd in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:17.89. Bowie junior Tyler Richey finished 4th in the pole vault after a 14’6” effort.
The top two finishers from Holliday, also in Bowie’s district, celebrated with him after he crossed the finish line.
“It was kind of surprising,” Willett said about Ryder and Noah Stroman embracing him in a celebratory hug. “They’re good guys, so it was kind of cool.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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