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Jackrabbits lose at Holliday
While wanting to get some measure of revenge on Friday, the Bowie Jackrabbits instead fell just short against Holliday on the road.
With a chance to tie it at the end, the Jackrabbits lost 45-42 against an Eagles’ team that remains undefeated in district play and seems to have a clear path to the district title with three games to go.
Bowie lost by more than 20 points in the team’s first game against Holliday, but the Jackrabbits were playing without leading scorer Daniel Mosley. They were hoping Friday would be a different story.
The game did not get off to the start Bowie wanted in the first quarter. After good couple of minutes the Jackrabbits lost a bit of their energy they play with, allowing Holliday to establish a lead early. Bowie trailed 15-7 heading into the second quarter.
The Jackrabbits simplified things and got back into the game in the second quarter. Bowie made sure the ball was constantly moving on offense while also shutting down the Eagles main play action on defense. Holliday still led 24-21 at halftime, but the Jackrabbits seemed to have the momentum.
The third quarter was back and forth. Bowie tied the game up several times, but could never grasp the lead. In the fourth quarter, the Eagles established an eight point lead as the end of the game neared.
Down eight points, the Jackrabbits climbed back into the game by sending Holliday to the free throw line, forcing a steal and converting a couple of baskets to get the game within one shot.
With 4.5 seconds left and down three, Bowie had a shot to tie the game as they inbounded the ball from halfcourt. A good look from the corner went long, but a Jackrabbit player caught the ball and raced to the three point line to get up another shot. He was contested hard by a defender and the shot had no chance as the buzzer sounded. Holliday won 45-42.
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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