SPORTS
Bowie loses shoot-out at Burkburnett
The Bowie Jackrabbits traveled to Burkburnett to face the ever energetic and pressing Bulldogs on Tuesday.
It was a shootout and a track meet from the start as the teams combined for 178 points, but in the end Burkburnett came out on top 100-78.
The Jackrabbits came into the game fresh off of their hosted tournament. One of Bowie’s two wins came against the JV squad of the Bulldogs, but Tuesday it was going to play the varsity team.
Burkburnett plays an aggressive style of press defense that requires constant substitutions at almost every dead ball. The players on the floor feed their energy off the bench and the crowd as the Bulldogs look to push the pace of the game to its limit.
Coach Jonathon Horton and the team knew they had to be ready.
“We started the game better than we have started any game all year,” Horton said. “We were prepared to play. We understood the environment. We knew they had a good student section. We knew their gym had tradition. It was going to be loud. It was going to be a fun place to play.”
The teams went back and forth in the first quarter as Burkburnett held a small lead 25-22. In the second quarter, Bowie’s offense ticked below 20 points while the Bulldogs offense more than equaled their total from the first quarter. Burkburnett led 51-37 at halftime.
The Jackrabbits offense did better in the second half scoring 20 and 21 points in the third and fourth quarters. Unfortunately, they just could not catch the scorching Bulldogs, whose lead slowly grew even more. The final was 100-78.
Trevor Vann led Bowie with 25 points and five rebounds. Braden Armstrong scored 18 points, handed out six assists and grabbed four rebounds.
Boo Oakley scored 11 points and led the team with eight assists. Cade Thompson also finished in double figures scoring 11 points and grabbing four rebounds.
Offensively, it was easily the Jackrabbits best offensive showing. The team shot more than 50 percent from the field and from three-point range.
Bowie also worked the aggressive Bulldog defense against them, heading to the free throw line for 23 shots and knocking down 70 percent of them. Unfortunately, Burkburnett shot almost as well from the field though the Bulldogs had 16 more attempts.
The Jackrabbits next game is at Ponder at 7 p.m. on Dec. 17.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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