SPORTS
Bowie hosts second Rhonda’s Relays
Bowie hosted its Rhonda’s Relays track meet on Thursday that had 12 schools compete.
The Lady Rabbit team finished second overall and only one point behind first place Boyd.
Bowie girl’s standouts included Anahi Perez finishing first in the 100 meter hurdles event and the 4×100 meter relay team finishing first.
Other top finishers who contributed towards the team’s total included: Perez finishing second in the 300 meter hurdles; Neely Price finishing second in the high jump and fourth in the 300 meter hurdles; the 4×200 meter relay team finishing third; Laisha Johnson finishing third in the 400 meter race; Taygon Jones finishing fourth in the 100 meter race; Samantha Clark finishing fifth in both the 800 and 1600 meter races and Ziba Robbins finishing sixth in the 200 meter race and the 4×400 team finishing sixth overall.
The Nocona Lady Indians finished fifth overall at the meet and also had several standouts. Graci Brown won both the 200 and 400 meter races while finishing second in the long jump.
Allie Brown finished second in the 3200 meter race and fourth in the 1600 meters.
Raylee Sparkman finished fourth in the 400 meter race while Jayce Rose finished fourth in the 800 meters. Avery Crutsinger finished fifth in the discus and sixth in the 300 meter hurdles.
The Bowie boy’s team finished fourth overall and got most of its scoring from field events.
Coleton Price finished second in the shot put and sixth in the discus. Tucker Jones finished second in the long jump.
Aiden Lawhorn finished third in the high jump. Johnnie Arenas finished fourth in the shot put.
Sebastian Martinez finished fifth in the 800 meter race. Jaxson Johnston and Brody Armstrong finished fifth and sixth in the high jump. The teams only relay team in the meet, competing in the 4×200 meter relay, finished fifth overall.
The Nocona Indians team finished tied for ninth overall.
The team’s top finisher was Caden Gaston who finished second in the triple jump. Michael Wetmore would go on to finish sixth in the long jump.
The Indians only running event were the 4×100 and the 4×400 meter relay teams, who finished sixth and third overall.
Times and distances for varsity competitors from Bowie and Nocona who finished among the top six are in the mid-week 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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