SPORTS
Bowie survives bi-district
The Bowie Lady Rabbits played in the bi-district round of the playoffs on Monday against Tolar at Mineral Wells High School.
It took a big effort, but the Lady Rabbits were able to squeak by with a win in five sets to the Lady Rattlers.
While sets 1-3 were one-sided wins by their teams, the final two sets went down to the wire.
Bowie jumped out to a steady lead in the first set. While Tolar had some size at the net, it was not anything the Lady Rabbits could not work around.
Bowie was up 9-5 when its best outside hitter, Aslyn Davis, went down with some sort of leg injury. She limped off the court into the locker room.
Coach Breanna Jones had to tweak her rotation. The Lady Rabbits were able to keep their lead, but the Lady Rattlers were slowly gaining on them, cutting the lead to 16-14.
Davis emerged from the locker room limp-free and checked back in. From there Bowie won nine of the next 11 points as it closed out the set authoritatively, winning 25-16.
The second set started out more competitively. The teams traded little leads, with the Lady Rabbits up 11-9 when things started to go south.
While Tolar played solid, it was a combination of self inflicted points that started to spiral the set away. The Lady Rattlers won the next five straight points to go up 14-11. Bowie closed ground trailing 16-14, but then things went bad.
Multiple double hit violations were called on players. The offense stagnated as serve-receive struggled. Tolar ended the set on a 9-3 run to win the second set easily 25-17 to tie the match up.
Hoping to bounce back from the end of the previous set, Bowie started set three on a strong note. The Lady Rabbits built a 13-7 lead, but five straight points from the Lady Rattlers closed the gap fast to 13-12.
It proved to only be a little hiccup as Bowie quickly pulled away again to 17-13.
The Lady Rabbits again were able to close the set out with good offensive execution, winning the third set by a comfortable margin 25-17 to take a 2-1 lead.
The fourth set was close in the opening 20 points with the teams tied at 10-10. Bowie took a 14-11 lead and held firm to that lead almost until the end. With match point at 24-23, Tolar dug deep and won the next three points to win the set 26-24.
This forced a fifth and final set to 15 points. The teams played the first 12 points even, tied 6-6. The Lady Rabbits won two straight points and did not relinquish the lead.
The Lady Rattlers closed the lead to 13-12, but Bowie won the next two points to win the set 15-12 and the match 3-2.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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