SPORTS
Lady Rabbits lose battle at Ponder
The Bowie Lady Rabbits traveled to Ponder on Friday to be tested by a fierce Lady Lions club.
The Lady Rabbits had their chance to tie the score at the end, but came up short losing 53-50.
Ponder employs an ever present full-court press defense. While similar to what this Bowie team does, the Lady Lions employ constant substitutions to keep their energy up almost every time the ball is dead.
With two teams looking to press the ball full-court, the play was fast and physical. Both teams had some issues offensively to start the game. Ponder made two three-pointers in the quarter and led 11-8, but the second quarter saw both teams start to shoot the ball better.
The Lady Rabbits made a couple three-pointers and started to break the press some. Unfortunately, the Lady Lions would not let their lead slip away, building a 27-21 at halftime.
The third quarter was played at a blistering pace as both teams seemed to score at will. The play was physical and few fouls were called either way that kept the pace at a go-go-go speed.
While Bowie scored 18 points in the quarter it could not catch Ponder. The Lady Lions scored 22 points in the quarter and extended their lead to double-digits 49-39 heading into the final quarter.
The pace slowed to a crawl in the fourth as Ponder went to holding the ball with six minutes to go up 49-42. It worked for most of the quarter as the Lady Lions led 53-44 with 2:41 left to play.
The Lady Rabbits picked up their intensity on defense and started forcing turnovers in the half court. In the final few minutes Bowie scrambled to cut the score to 53-50 with 20 seconds to go.
The Lady Rabbits sent Ponder to the free throw line and the Lady Lions missed. Bowie rebounded the ball and had a chance to tie the game, but struggled to find a good look from three-point range.
Eventually a player put a desperate running floater with five seconds left that would have only counted for two if it went in. It missed and the game was over. The Lady Lions won 53-50.
The Lady Rabbits traveled to Rider earlier in the week before hosting 4A Graham at 2:45 p.m. on Friday.
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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