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Bowie junior high basketball sweeps rival Nocona

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7 years ago

02/02/2019

The Bowie Junior High teams played rival Nocona on Monday, with the boys playing on the road and the girls playing their last game of the season at home.
It turned out to be a sweep for the Cottontails and Lady Cottontails as all six teams won their games against the district and county rivals.
The boy’s team saw the eighth grade A team win 57-30. Kynan Demoss led the team with 12 points while A.J. Whatley joined him in double figures with 11.
The eighth grade B team won 35-24 with Heath Bell, Kameron Shafer and Edgar Regalado each scoring six points to lead the team to the win.
In seventh grade, the boy’s A team played in the most competitive game as Bowie barely won 38-35. Brady Lawhorn scored half the teams points with 19 and Jre Donnell was second with eight.
The B team had no such issues as they won 46-17. David Brightwell led the team with 14 points while Will Cross and Sterling Harrington each scored eight.
The girls played at home in their final game of the season. With no B teams, some players did get moved up and all got to play as both games were all Lady Cottontails.
The eighth grade team won 34-9 with Haley Webb leading the team with 10 points while Neely Price and Sydnee Mowery each scoring six points.
The seventh grade team won by a similar score 32-9 as Sayler Richey led the team with seven points while Gracie Duke and Melenie Cantu each scored six points.
While the girls season is over, the boys play one more game on Feb. 4 at home against Henrietta. Games are scheduled to start at 5 p.m.

To see stats for all of the teams, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Jump new VB coach at BHS

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2 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.