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Montague boys’ basketball wins consolation

Published

7 years ago

01/19/2019

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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Jump new VB coach at BHS

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3 hours ago

05/28/2026

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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.

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County track competes hard at State

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1 week ago

05/21/2026

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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.

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Bowie top four at State

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1 week ago

05/21/2026

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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.