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Basketball Roundup
Bellevue girls
The Lady Eagles traveled to play at 3A City View on Tuesday, hoping to test themselves against the bigger school and ended up winning 48-39.
Bellevue dominated the Lady Mustangs for most of the game and led 30-17 at halftime and by more than 20 points at one point thanks to its press defense and shoot first ask questions later offense.
Austin Ford led the team with 24 points. Sky-Lar Embry and Kaylee Trail both had eight points to help.
Bellevue plays at the Mesquite Pit Classic this weekend in its final few games before district play kicks of next week at Saint Jo at 6 p.m. on Dec. 17.
Saint Jo boys
The Panthers played the team that ended their season last year in the playoffs, number two state-ranked Graford at their gym on Tuesday.
With a little more than a week of practice and a recent tournament under its belt, an upset from Saint Jo would be asking a lot and the Rabbits showed why winning 72-28.
The Panthers could not keep up with that level of shooting early on.
Connor Thompson led the team with eight points while Logan Morman scored six points.
Saint Jo plays at the Era tournament this weekend before traveling to 3A Paradise next week to play at 5 p.m. on Dec. 17.
Prairie Valley girls
The Lady Bulldogs played at private school Sacred Heart on Tuesday.
The Lady Tigers got control early and won by a good margin 51-34. Prairie Valley struggled to keep up with their good shooting while also dealing with some injuries to the team and getting some younger players up to speed.
Shelby Roof led the team with 11 points. Emily Carpenter had eight points while grabbing seven rebounds. Hailey Winkler stole a game high seven times.
It was one of the few games this season Prairie Valley has not really been in. With one of those behind them now and the Mineral Wells tournament this weekend, the Lady Bulldogs only have a couple of games to regroup.
District play starts for Prairie Valley at district favorite Slidell at 6 p.m. on Dec. 20.
Prairie Valley boys
The Bulldogs traveled to play Sacred Heart on Tuesday.
The private school beat Prairie Valley in a physical game 47-38. A slow start was not ideal, but the Bulldogs closed the gap at the end of the first and most of the second quarter.
With a good start to the third, Prairie Valley was feeling good about being able to take the lead. Unfortunately, the Tigers came out on a 14-6 run to start the second half and the Bulldogs could never recover.
Nicholas Bell led the team with 13 points while Brock Tompkins was right behind him with 11 points.
Prairie Valley only has two tournaments left with no games in between before district play starts on Jan. 3. The Bulldogs play in the Blue Ridge tournament this weekend and will next play in the Wichita Christian tournament on Dec. 27-28.
Gold-Burg boys
The Bears hosted Era on Tuesday after a bit of break.
The Hornets took it to Gold-Burg, winning 68-19. A scoreless first quarter spelled doom for the Bears as Era got off to a good start offensively. In the end, the young Gold-Burg squad did not have the fire power to come back.
Will Hodges led the team with seven points while Dusty Weaver was second with five points.
The Bears have one final game before the holiday break and district play. They host Petrolia at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 19.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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