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Montague boys’ basketball wins consolation
The Montague Eagles boys’ basketball team played in the First State Bank Cooke County Shootout in Gainesville last Saturday and followed it up with a game in Saint Jo last Monday.
The Eagles won two out of three games in the tournament and took home the consolation trophy. In the first of three games, Montague faced the Lindsay Knights at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning.
In a very competitive game, Lindsay outlasted the Eagles and won by a final score of 28-24.
In the second game, Montague faced off against Era. In a strong defensive showing for the Eagles, they went on to win the game 36-21. Montague held Era to just eight points at half.
In Montague’s third game for the consolation championship, they met up with the Alvord Bulldogs. At the end of the first half, the Eagles led 23-6.
The Eagles tacked on six more in the third quarter and 16 in the fourth to win the tournament’s consolation championship for the second year in a row, 33-16.
Following the tournament, the Eagles traveled to Saint Jo on Monday and met up with the Panthers to play in their seventh district game. The Eagles were impressive in the matchup, playing strong defense, forcing timely turnovers, converting in transition and in their half court offense.
At halftime, the Eagles led 16-3. After a strong third quarter, the Panthers tightened the gap making the score 20-12 to start the fourth. Montague’s Kleinhans and Wetmore took over in fourth quarter handling the ball and controlling the pace, leading the Eagles to their sixth district win by a final score of Montague 27, Saint Jo 18.
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Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
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Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
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Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
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