SPORTS
Bowie stays undefeated as it beats Henrietta 3-1
Even with a previous win against the team, the Bowie Lady Rabbits had to battle Tuesday night as they hosted Henrietta to kick off the second round of district play.
The Lady Rabbits were able to stay undefeated in district play as they beat the Lady Cats 3-1, with most sets coming down to the wire.
The first set showed Bowie just what it would take to win against Henrietta that night. The Lady Rabbits held some small leads during the set, but never more than one or two points as the teams went back and forth.
As the set was coming to a close, Bowie extended its lead from 21-19 to 24-21. Fighting against four set points, the Lady Cats fought to stay alive and eventually tied the score at 24-24. The teams went back and forth with set points until the Lady Rabbits were able to put the set away 30-28.
The second set was more of the same. Henrietta held narrow leads during the first 20 points, but ultimately the teams were tied at 10-10. The next 20 were even closer and the results were the same as the teams were tied at 20-20.
Bowie was able to gain some all important momentum as it strung together several points to win the set 25-21 to take a 2-0 lead.
The third set was erratic for both teams. Teams traded 4-1 five point runs to start the set and were tied at 10-10. The Lady Cats had their best run of the match during this set as they extended a 13-12 lead to a 17-13 lead.
The Lady Rabbits tried to close the lead down, but could not keep Henrietta from scoring as well. 20-15 lead was willed down to 24-21. Unfortunately, Bowie could not survive set point and lost 25-21.
Not being able to close the Lady Cats out after a two set lead, the fear is always of the team gaining confidence and momentum that signals a comeback in winner-take-all fifth set.
Early on in the fourth, it did seem like Henrietta still had some of the momentum from the third set with them. The Lady Cats led 7-3 in the opening 10 points and the size at the net and the long rallies were wearying on a Bowie team that was coming off of an exhausting five set match at Nocona three days before.
Still, the Lady Rabbits fought through. Bowie slowly cut into the lead until gaining its own 13-12. From there, the Lady Rabbits lead grew a little at a time from 16-14 to 19-16. Bowie was able to carry this bit of momentum into the end of the set as it won 25-21 to win the match 3-1.
Bowie next plays at City View at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 22.
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The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
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The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.
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Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”
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