SPORTS
Bowie sports 2019 highlights
Starting at the beginning of the year, the Jackrabbits basketball programs continued their standard of excellence.
The Lady Rabbits finished third in the district to qualify for the playoffs where they would lose in the bi-district round to Jacksboro. The boy’s team would finish second in the district and make it to the area round before losing to Jim Ned.
Around the same time was the powerlifting team’s success. Both the boy’s and girl’s squads would finish second at the regional meet.
Beyond just team success, the Lady Rabbit team had five girls qualify for the state powerlifting meet in Waco: Jessie Henry, Chelsie Price, Carrington Davis, Emma and Sierra Skinner. The only senior, Davis, took home a sliver medal in the 181-pound weight class in her final meet.
Further in the spring, the boy’s golf team won its first district title in years to qualify for the regional tournament.
The tennis team also had some success in the spring, sending five players to the regional tournament. The mixed doubles team of Camberley Gunter and Victor Tran, the boy’s doubles team of Spencer Hopson and Zachary Logan and Jacqueline Hanna in girl’s singles all qualified.
In track, the boy’s track team won the district title for the second straight year while the girl’s team placed second. While many athletes on both teams qualified for the regional meet, the boys had two athletes, Daniel Mosley in the shot put and Logan Morman in the high jump, qualify for the state meet.
The senior heavy baseball team won several close district games on its way to finishing second overall. The Jackrabbits would then go on to win their bi-district matchup against Boyd before losing in the area round to Clyde. The team was also known for its various background skits during player interview videos posted to social media.
The softball team was much younger with only two senior starters on the team. The Lady Rabbits still rallied making the playoffs with much less fuss than the previous season. Bowie would meet state ranked Brock again the bi-district and would lose.
To read how the school did during fall, 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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