SPORTS
Schools compete at district
All Montague County schools completed their district tennis tournaments and have a handful of individuals moving on to the regional tournament after finishing among the top two.
Bowie and Nocona completed their tournament on Monday after playing qualifiers on April 9. The 1A schools completed their whole tournament at Bowie High School on April 9.
The Jackrabbit boys’ tennis team won first as a team while the entire program had five individuals/doubles teams qualify for regionals.
The boy’s doubles team of Drew Weber and Caleb Harris won the district title. They were joined by the mixed doubles team of Camberley Gunter and Braden Case as district champions.
Other qualifiers were Jaden Bills, Addi Eichler and the girl’s doubles team of Brylie Green and Jayci Logan.
Nocona came up just short of qualifying someone for the regional meet. The boy’s doubles team of Trent Sappington and Nic Longoria finished third overall and earned a bronze medal.
In 1A their were five individuals/double teams that qualified for the regional tournament.
From Prairie Valley the mixed doubles team of Isaac Yeargin and Stephanie Gutierrez finished second and Eli Croxton finished second boy’s singles.
From Saint Jo the boy’s doubles team of Logan Brawner and Cade Stevens finished second and Jackie Hannah finished second in girl’s singles.
From Gold-Burg the girl’s doubles team of Kelly Contreras and Shadie Whitaker finished second.
The 3A regional tournament is scheduled for April 26-27 at Rose Park Tennis Center in Abilene.
The 1A regional tournament is set for April 26-27 at Whitney High School.
For pictures of some of the individuals who qualified for regionals, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Jackrabbits
A day after football season ended and the Bowie boy’s basketball team played its first game of the season and is working towards a new goal this season.
The Jackrabbits lost that first game against Sanger on Nov. 9, 70-36 before bouncing back a few days later after some practice to beat Bridgeport on Nov. 12, 56-51.
Bowie comes into this season after falling just short of making the playoffs last season.
The team graduated two of its three double-digit scorers along with an experienced post player from its starting rotation last season.
Rayder Mann is the team’s most proven scorer from last season, but other players will be counted on to step up according to Coach Ryan Dykes, who enters his second season at Bowie.
“Rayder Mann and Bradly Horton will need to be the floor generals for us to be successful,” Dykes said. “Boston Farris will be counted on to be a productive player and Gaige Goodman will need to be a factor in the paint on both the offensive and defensive end.”
In the first game against Sanger, Mann led the team with 13 points while Goodman was second with eight points.
The offense was much better overall against Bridgeport. Horton had 15 points, Mann had 14 points and Farris had nine points as Bowie scored in double-digits in every quarter of the game.
Lady Rabbits
In the second week of the season the Bowie Lady Rabbits had up and down performances.
The Lady Rabbits lost at Bridgeport on Nov. 9, 68-30 but bounced back to win at home on Nov. 12 against Boyd 55-42.
Against Bridgeport, Bowie gave up too many three-pointers on defense as the Sissies made 12 in the game.
It was too much for the Lady Rabbits to keep up with.
Parker Riddle led the team with 14 points while Payton Holt was second with five points.
The offense was more successful overall and balanced against Boyd, pulling away in the second half. Hanna Bell led the team with 13 points while Holt was second with eight points and Lanie Moore had seven points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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