SPORTS
Jackrabbits win overtime thriller against Childress Bobcats 70-64
Heading into their final regular season game, the Bowie Jackrabbits hoped to not just avenge their lost to Childress, but to win the second seed.
It was not easy, but the Jackrabbits came out on top Monday at home 70-64 in overtime.
From early on, Bowie was able to have a slight advantage inside with Daniel Mosley receiving the majority of attention. Likewise, Stephon Harris from the Bobcats received a lot of attention from the Jackrabbits on the perimeter. Bowie led 15-13 heading into the second quarter.
Despite having a tough time keeping Harris off the free throw line and him scoring 12 points, the Jackrabbits offense never played a better stretch. Despite the attention Mosley got, he was still able to score when he touched the ball and Bowie was able to knock in some perimeter shots that were created by his presence.
While Childress was still in the game, the Jackrabbits felt good and in control leading 36-29 at halftime.
The second half saw the Bobcats close the gap a smidge, thanks to a more balanced scoring attack not solely reliant on Harris. Bowie was able to keep its lead. Their achilles heel, giving up offensive rebounds, was not much of an issue in this game. The Jackrabbits led 51-46 heading into the fourth quarter.
Down the stretch, Bowie could not deny Harris. Besides some deep three-pointers made, the Jackrabbits could not keep him off the free throw line. Evan Kennedy was one of the people who guarded him all night and ended up fouling out.
Childress had a chance to win the game at the end with an open shot, but it missed. With the score tied 62-62, the game went into overtime.
Disaster struck early in the overtime period for Bowie. Mosley fouled out and without their leading scorer and rebounder, things did not look good. Fortunately, the Jackrabbits were able to score well in the overtime period while shutting down the Bobcats offense and limiting them to only two points. Bowie won 70-64.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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