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Prairie Valley vs Gold-Burg
Prairie Valley had a memorable senior night playing Gold-Burg on Tuesday as an offensive shootout erupted.
The Bulldogs won 89-71 against the Bears as senior Isaac Yeargin scored 43 points while making 13 3-pointers.
It wasn’t close for most of the game as Prairie Valley seemed to find open shots at will against Gold-Burg’s zone defense. Yeargin did not miss many of them and neither did Tyler Winkler. Not to be overshadowed, Winkler scored 33 points while making seven 3-pointers himself.
The Bears tried to hang with the hot shooting Bulldogs by drawing a lot of free throws, crashing the offensive glass and scoring in the post in the second half.
Despite how well his team was scoring the ball, Prairie Valley Coach Seth Stephens was pulling his hair out of his head at times as his team had to deal with foul issues and not matching up well against the more physical Bears inside.
Kani Grace scored 24 points to lead Gold-Burg while Kolton Whitaker joined him in double-figures scoring 17 points. Coach Jesse Vaughn knew the Bulldogs would come out excited for senior night and once they got going he hoped they could start missing.
It was disappointing for a Gold-Burg team that has continued to get better as the season went along. The Bears won 56-39 against Forestburg the previous night. Whitaker led the team with 25 points while Jayon Grace was second with nine points.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers picked up one-sided wins against on Monday and Tuesday against Bellevue and Forestburg.
The Panthers beat the Eagles 54-23 on Monday before turning around and winning at Forestburg 46-18 on Tuesday.
Saint Jo was hoping to play better the second time around against Bellevue after the Eagles almost narrowly beat the Panthers in the first game.
Saint Jo’s intense defense allowed the team to get out to a 28-9 lead at halftime despite the team not shooting particularly well.
Kile Thurman led the team with 17 points while Logan Brawner picked up a double-double on senior night, scoring 12 points and grabbing 12 rebounds.
It much of the same story the next night against a young Longhorn team.
The defense locked down Forestburg for most of the night, but offensively the team continued its shooting woes that also extended to the free throw line. Saint Jo went 11-33 from the charity stripe which sent Coach Lyndon Cook into a tizzy.
Thurman and Brice Durham both led the team with 12 points. Thurman also had five assists and five steals to lead the team.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns lost two tough games on Monday and Tuesday against Gold-Burg and Saint Jo.
The Bears won 56-39 on Monday and the Panthers won 46-18 on Tuesday.
Jesus Sanchez led the Longhorns with 14 points and four made 3-pointers in the game against Gold-Burg. Braxton Osteen was second with nine points.
Against Saint Jo, Sanchez and Kyler Willett lead the way scoring six points each.
Forestburg’s last regular season game was on Friday against Bellevue at home.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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