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’s boy’s and girl’s track teams took area titles April 20 at Forestburg.
The top four finishers in each event qualified for the Region 3-A meet May 1-2 at Hewitt Midway High School outside Waco.
Boys
Saint Jo’s Ayden Giambruno finished 2nd in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:32.62. Bellevue’s Cade Broussard was 4th in 12:02.50.
In the 400-meter relay, Forestburg’s foursome of Jesse Wadsworth, Josiah Wadsworth, Rafael Sanchez and Hayden Halliburton finished 4th with a time of 47.27. Forestburg’s Juan Gonzaez was 2nd in the 800-meter run in 2:13.17.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
A five-run outburst over the final three innings lifted Holliday’s baseball team past host Bowie 8-3 April 17.
The Eagles got out to a 2-0 first inning lead, using two hits and an error off Rabbit pitcher Rayder Mann. Mann opened the Bowie first by reaching on a caftcher’s error. A pair of groundouts and Mann getting caught in a rundown ended the threat. Bowie threatened again in the second, Allen Miller was hit by a one out pitch. A pair of strikeouts ended the threat.
Hollday added a run in the third for a 3-0 lead. The Rabbits got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third.
Mann drew a two-out walk with Caden Belcher picking up a single. He moved to second on the throw in. Eddie DeLeon followed with a two-RBI single. He was caught in a rundown to end the threat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Seven Nocona track team members qualified for the Region II-2A track meet May 1-2 after top four finishes at the Area meet April 17 in Graham.
The 400-meter relay foursome of Gage Grubbs, Kyle Walters, Landon Fatheree and David Pizano finished 3rd with a time of 43.93. Pisano won the 400-meter dash in 51.38 with Fatheree 2nd in the 100-meters in 11.24.
The 1,600-meter relay team of Jax Fuller, Waters, Fatheree and Pisano were 3rd in 3:33.60.
On the girl’s side sophomore Sy Parker won both the shot put with a 34’3” throw, beating 2nd place by just one inch, and the discus with a 107’10” try. Ava Johnson was 4th in the 200—meters with a 27.69 time.
Not qualifying for regionals but still coming through with points for the Lady Indians with Raylea Bowles in the high jump, who finished 5th with a 4’8” leap, and Kaylee Thomas who was 5th in the pole vault with a 7’6” effort.
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