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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.
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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