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 7^th 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 4^th in the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:22.18.

Her teammate Brylie Hager was 9^th in the 110-meter hurdles in 19.93.

Forestburg’s Brenna Briles was 4^th in the triple jump with a 35’9 1’2” leap. Her teammate Jocelyn Rich was 4^th 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 3^rd in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:17.89. Bowie junior Tyler Richey finished 4^th 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.