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Jackrabbits win on final shot
In their final game before the Christmas break, the Bowie Jackrabbits hosted Wichita Falls High School on Friday.
In a tight game that went down to the wire, a Riley Harris three-pointer in the final seconds was the difference to give the Jackrabbits a 46-45 win.
Bowie started the game on a great note, scoring the game’s first 11 points in the first three minutes. The Jackrabbits led 16-7 after the first quarter.
Bowie was getting some good looks in transition after turnovers and rebounds. The energy from both the team and crowd was great to start.
The Coyotes slowly started to get back in the game as they put together a solid second quarter. The Jackrabbits offense struggled to score while Wichita Falls made up some ground. Bowie led 22-18 at halftime.
The Jackrabbits tried to shake up some things in the third quarter to try and keep their energy up. They started to press a bit and was able to keep the little bit of lead for most of the quarter leading 27-23.
With less than four minutes to go in the quarter, the Coyotes came back to tie the score up at 32-32 heading into the fourth quarter.
It was back and forth as Bowie scored the first four points before Wichita Falls came back to gain its first lead of the game 39-38 with 3:40 left in the game.
The Jackrabbits Harris came down and immediately made a three-pointer to take back the lead, but the Coyotes tied it at 41-41 with 2:31 left.
The teams exchanged baskets to make it 43-43, but Bowie would miss its next shot. Wichita Falls pushed the ball following the rebound and pulled up from 15-feet in transition to make a shot, putting the Coyotes up 45-43 with 42 seconds left.
The Jackrabbits called a time out and made the decision to try and hunt for the perfect shot. The ball was passed all around as Bowie was trying not to settle for a good look, but a great one. The ball touched every players hand at least twice as the ball kept moving.
With eight seconds left, the ball found Harris open in the corner from three-point range. He let it fly and the ball went in to give the Jackrabbits a one-point lead 46-45.
With eight seconds left, Wichita Falls still had a chance to win the game. Near midcourt, Braden Armstrong poked the ball out of bounds with 2.7 seconds left. After multiple timeouts, the Coyotes got a desperate shot off that was not too close as Bowie won 46-45.
Cade Thompson led the Jackrabbits with 15 points and fives assists. Harris scored 13 points and also had five assists.
Bowie next plays at the Whataburger tournament against Burkburnett at noon at Chisholm Trail High School on Dec. 27.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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