SPORTS
85th Oil Bowl this weekend
It is time for the 85th annual Oil Bowl this week as the area’s best graduating athletes represent their schools one last time.
Montague County and Bellevue will have 14 athletes competing in football, basketball and volleyball all-star games on June 17-18.
The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is one of the longest running all-star football games in the state, starting 1938. From 1945-2013, the format used to pit Texas versus Oklahoma.
After a 13-year absence, basketball was re-added to the proceedings in 2018. Volleyball was added for the first time in 2019.
The weekend starts with basketball on June 17 at Rider High School. The girl’s game is scheduled first at 6 p.m. with the boys following at 7:30 p.m.
In the girl’s game, Bowie’s Addie Farris and Bellevue’s Austin Ford will play on the west team. On the east team, Nocona will have Raylee Sparkman and Stephany Gutierrez play.
In the boy’s game, Bowie’s Drew Weber will suit up for the east team while Nocona’s Lyndon Fenoglio and Adam Meekins will play for the west team.
On June 18 the volleyball game will be played first also at Rider High School starting at 4 p.m. with the small school game.
Gold-Burg’s Kelly Contreras on the west team and Prairie Valley’s Emily Carpenter on the east team will play in that game.
The big school game will follow where Bowie’s Taygon Jones will play on the west team.
The football game is that night. This year the game will be at Iowa Park High School instead of Midwestern State University’s Memorial Stadium. The game is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.
Both Bowie and Nocona players will play on the east team. The Jackrabbits have Jake Fallis and Hunter Wade playing while the Indians have Sam Davis and Ian Hostetter. The east team has won six of the last seven years.
Nocona’s volleyball team headed to Bowie for a three-team scrimmage with the host team and Ponder Aug. 7.
Each team played the other two for 30 minutes in the Lady Rabbit gym. Lady Indian Coach Sandy Langford said she thought things went well for a first scrimmage.
“Just like any young team that is trying to find itself in a first scrimmage, We looked really good at times and at others not so much,” Langford said. “We’re forming a new team after losing a lot of seniors.”
Langford said the squad would have one thing go wrong and it would explode into several things. That will need to stop for a successful year in Langford’s mind.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s tennis team is now 3-3 for the non-district campaign with a 1-2 week.
In the Rabbits’ home opener Aug. 5 against Graham, Bowie posted a 13-6 match win with the girls completing a 9-0 sweep.
Jessi Mayfield and Angeles Alvarez won 9-8 (7-4) while Payton Goodwin and Maddie Schwarz were 8-1 winners as were Avery DeWeber and Avery Bonham.
In girl’s singles Willow Seibert won 8-2 in No.1 1 singles. Goodwin and Mayfield were each 8-5 winners. Alvarez posted an 8-1 win. Schwarz won 9-8 (8-5) with Deweber taking an 8-2 decision.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Two major portions of Nocona’s 2023 bond issue are very close to being completed.
The new high school gym should be complete in time for the volleyball team to begin practice there Aug. 1, according to Superintendent Dr. David Waters. Ground on the 22,000 square foot facility was broken on Oct. 18, 2024.
Waters said a punch list meeting with the construction manager was scheduled for earlier this week with final touchups expected shortly afterwards. Fans should be able to enjoy the facility for the volleyball team’s season opener Aug. 11.
Fans will enjoy the new gym from entering the facility which has glass walls, enabling fans to watch the game from the foyer. Once inside the gym itself, there is stadium, chair back seating on the home side allowing for a much more comfortable experience.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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