SPORTS
Looking back: 1953 state title
During the next few weeks The Bowie News will be looking back at sports teams that accomplished big things for their communities.
The third team we are looking at is Bowie High School’s 1952-53 boy’s basketball team that would win the program’s third straight state title.
Both the photo and text were taken from the school’s yearbook from that year. If you have any memories of this team or time in Bowie’s history, we would love to hear from you.
The Bowie High School Jackrabbit basketeers fashioned another record-breaking cage season in 1952 and 1953 with their third consecutive state championship and an unbeaten season of thirty four wins.
The state top honor gave Bowie High School the honor of being the only team in 33 years of state tournament play to win three consecutive titles.
Five other schools had shared the honor with Bowie of winning two straight state championships.
The cage squad coached by R.E. Mattingly and M.L. Massey proved best in three invitation tournaments against the best high school teams in North Texas. The first tourney win for Bowie was in the First Annual North Texas College Meet at Denton. The Rabbits won over a field of sixteen teams and topped Poly of Ft. Worth in the finals 56- to 51. Poly was defending class 4-A champions.
The Bowie quintet then sacked up the championship of the Decatur Invitation Meet and made their record four titles in five years in that meet. In their own meet the Bowie boys downed a strong field including a decisive 87 to 60 victory over Wichita Falls in the finals.
Individual honors were won in each meet. Temple Tucker, Stanley Airington, and John Carver were selected on all three all-tournament teams and repeated the honor in the state meet by making all-state along with Bennie Hill.
Tucker was selected for the ‘Best Sport’ award at Decatur, and Bennie Hill won this honor in the Bowie Meet. The Bowie game starting five included Tucker, Carver, Airington, Hill, and White for most of the season games.
This combination established a state meet scoring record in the final game by chalking up 81 points against Dumas.
The 81 to 44 victory over Dumas was also a record in margin for a final game in the meet.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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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