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.
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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