SPORTS
Bowie News holding Sports Madness Poll
The Bowie News is asking our readers to pick their favorite professional sports moments of all time during this time of no sports called “Sports Madness.”
There will be four brackets in total with voting done online. The brackets were split up between football, basketball, baseball and miscellaneous sports, with 16 moments chosen for a vote. Each bracket will have several rounds of voting until one moment represents that sport.
The Bowie News chose to focus on professional sports since college sports, especially football and basketball, have enough moments to have brackets of their own rather than splitting the list with the professional leagues.
This was still no small ask having to delve back into each professional league’s history and parse out which games, moments or records stood out as the most impactful not just at the time, but years later.
No list is perfect and I am sure every reader will be able to think of a moment that is missing or will be able to think of a moment on the list that is not worthy. If you do, you can send those thoughts to our sports editor’s email address at sports@bowienewsonline.com. Keep emails civil please.
This list is just for fun and is not to be taken too seriously if your favorite team, athlete or sports moment is either not on the list, or does not advance. Check in to our website every few days to vote in a new bracket.
If you see a moment you do not know about, you can click the link provided on our website to see a clip of the event that will hopefully inform you why that moment is considered such a big deal. The link can be just the beginning though.
With the internet available to you, many of these events have inspired movies, books or documentaries to be made from said events that are easy to find with a quick search online.
To vote click the logo at the top of our webpage.
The first round voting poll will be football. Voting closes on April 17.
Round two of voting will begin on April 18 and end on April 19. The final round of week one voting will start on April 20 and end April 21.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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