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Prairie Valley vs Saint Jo
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs opened district play at home against Saint Jo on Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs came out on top 51-37 against the Lady Panthers.
Prairie Valley got off to a great start to the game and led 24-7 at halftime.
For Prairie Valley Emily Carpenter led the team with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Carmen Gomez was not far behind scoring 14 points and swiping three steals. Makaylee Gomez joined them in double-figures with 10 points.
Saint Jo came on stronger in the second half and the fourth quarter especially, but it was not enough to make up the big difference in the first half. The team returns four players from last years team, but the big freshman group will be counted on for this team to compete better this year as the team has more depth.
With the district now allowing four teams into the playoffs instead of just three, there are more chances for teams to move on and continue to play for this basketball season.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears got the misfortune of opening up district play on Tuesday against favorites Slidell.
The state-ranked Lady Greyhounds, who have beaten some bigger Montague County teams this season, beat the Lady Bears 79-28.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh thought her team did a good job of breaking Slidell’s press, but just could not make enough shots to keep up. The Lady Greyhounds defensive rebounding made every Gold-Burg miss pay because they could not miss on the other side of the court.
Sadie Whitaker led the team with eight points and two made 3-pointers. Sierra Weaver was second with five points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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