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Both Bowie teams win on senior night
Both Bowie basketball teams celebrated senior night on Tuesday with one-sided district wins against Jacksboro.
The Jackrabbits won 54-25 while the Lady Rabbits won 48-36 in games both teams were expected to win.
Both Bowie teams were coming into the games after similar wins at Breckenridge. With both of them trying to improve their playoff seeds, neither could afford to lose.
The Bowie girls played first and Coach Matthew Miller said afterwards it was not the team’s best performance despite getting the win.
The biggest thing for the Lady Rabbits was trying not to let the Lady Tigers big post player Erin Jonas hurt them too much. Besides her scoring four points in the second half, they did just that.
Bowie was able to make a couple of 3-pointers against Jacksboro’s zone in the first quarter to build a 12-5 lead. The Lady Tigers were able to cut into the lead a bit by making a two 3-pointers of their own in the second quarter, outscoring Bowie 10-7 to cut the Lady Rabbits lead to 19-15 at halftime.
Bowie came out in the second half ready to attack.
After drawing only four free throws in the first half, the Lady Rabbits went on to draw 22 in the second half. Unlike some recent games, Bowie was making a good percentage of them this night.
The Lady Rabbits almost doubled their first half total in the third quarter which allowed them to build a double-digit lead 35-23. The fourth quarter saw both teams score 13 points as Bowie was able to close out the game winning 48-36.
Taygon Jones led the team with 18 points, with 12 coming at the free throw line. Maddie Mandela also scored in double-figures finishing with 13 points while grabbing a team high six rebounds.
Overall, the team went 19-26 from the free throw line, which is a good sign to see from this team.
The boy’s game saw the team dominate with defense throughout as Bowie held the Tigers under 10 points every quarter until the fourth quarter.
Coach Andy Atkins was able to start his five seniors at the beginning of the game without much to worry about.
The Jackrabbits got out to a 13-7 in the first quarter, but after that the team turned up the heat on defense.
Jacksboro scored only five points the next two quarters as Bowie’s lead continued to grow as the team went on.
With the Jackrabbits up 41-12 heading into the fourth quarter, Bowie was able to play even the rest of the way to win the game 54-25.
A.J. Whatley led the team with 14 points while making four 3-pointers. Tucker Jones was right behind him as he scored 13 points off the bench.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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