SPORTS
MSU player earns award for academics
Lauren Lindgren completed an outstanding all-around year with her selection to the Google Cloud Academic All-America team announced Wednesday afternoon as selected by the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America.
The junior from Denton earned third-team honors after carrying a 4.00 grade-point average as a special education major.
Lindgren’s excellence in the classroom is well respected on a campus. She was finalist for the two highest academic awards at MSU Texas in each of the last two years first as a Clark Scholar as a sophomore then for Hardin Scholar as a junior.
Lindgren is a two-time Lone Star Conference All-Academic Team pick and earned LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll status in each of her six semesters on campus.
She has been just as exceptional on the field twice gaining All-LSC mention for the Mustangs first as a second teamer in 2017, then as a third teamer this season.
Lindgren has started all 125 games in her three-year career, hitting .327 with 17 homers and 72 RBIs.
She is the only player in program history to record back-to-back seasons with a perfect fielding percentage, converting 170 consecutive chances in the outfield.
The season, she led the Mustangs hitting .336 with four doubles, a triple and five home runs while driving in 24.
Lindgren becomes the second student-athlete in program history to earn Academic All-America mention joining Lauren Craig, who garnered first-team honors in 2010.
The Google Cloud Academic All-America® Teams recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. The teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada.
The Google Cloud Academic All-America® program separately recognizes baseball and softball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
Courtesy MSU Athletics
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.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
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.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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