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Prairie Valley traveled to Gold-Burg on Friday for a district matchup both teams needed to win.
In the end it was the Bears who squeaked out a 60-59 win at home against the Bulldogs, who lost another close district game despite turning in a good performance.
“We played what I thought was really good basketball for about three and a half quarters,” Prairie Valley Coach Seth Stephens said. “We played well defensively, and shot well, but in the fourth quarter Gold-Burg made a push and we just couldn’t hold them off. We started giving up layups and that’s what cost us the game.”
The Bears were led inside by Tanner Parrish, who finished with a game high 29 points and 13 rebounds.
Coplin Miller chipped in 15 points while leading the team with four assists. As a team, they shot 49 percent from the field.
The Bulldogs were led by William Winkler, who scored 16 points. Nicholas Bell joined him in double figures with 11 points to go along with four steals. The team shot around 40 percent from three-point range and limited their turnovers against zone heavy Gold-Burg.
The 3-1 Bears have a tough week ahead of them as they host district favorite Slidell on Tuesday before traveling to Bellevue on Jan. 18 to play at 7 p.m. Prairie Valley 1-4 will wrap up the first round of district play at Slidell on Jan. 18 with the game scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.
Saint Jo
After winning by blowouts in their first three district games, Saint Jo tested itself against district favorite and state ranked Slidell on Friday at home.
Unfortunately, the Panthers will need to study some more as the Greyhounds won 71-46. Despite Preston Lyons 22 points, Saint Jo just could not keep up with Slidell’s hot shooting offense.
“We ran into a very talented team that shot incredibly well from the three-point line, so that combination lends to a tough night,” Coach Michael Wheeler said. “They came in well prepared and neutralized anything we threw at them.”
Despite the disappointing outcome, the Panthers have no downtime to feel sorry for themselves with tough games this week.
“This was one of those games you have to have a short term memory and move on to the next game, and that’s what we will do,” Wheeler said. “Things don’t get any easier for us this week as we close out our first round of district play with Bellevue and Midway.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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