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Area athletes did well at Oil Bowl
The 85th Annual Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl was this past weekend at Rider and Iowa Park High Schools.
Graduating athletes from Montague County and Bellevue represented their schools one last time in all star games in basketball volleyball and football against some of the Wichita Falls’ area best.
In all 14 athletes competed, with one taking part in at least every game played during the two days.
Basketball kicked off the weekend on Friday night with the girl’s game coming first. Bowie’s Addie Farris and Bellevue’s Austin Ford played for the west while Nocona’s Raylee Sparkman and Stephany Gutierrez played for the east team.
It looked like it was heading for a blowout with the east team pulling ahead by as many as 17 points at one point, but the west made a frantic comeback at the end to steal the win 54-52 in a thrilling game.
Ford finished with six points while Farris made a 3-pointer. Sparkman made two 3-pointers and finished with six points while Gutierrez scored two points.
In the boy’s basketball game, the west team had Nocona’s Lyndon Fenoglio and Adam Meekins along with late addition Terrance Perry from Bellevue. The east team had Bowie’s Drew Weber.
This game featured another near comeback, but the east just came up short as the west hanged on to win 76-69.
Weber made a 3-pointer and blocked a couple of shots. Perry finished off a pass rolling to the basket for two points. While Fenoglio and Meekins did not score a point, both played with the starters and were trusted late in the game when the score was tight.
On Saturday, the volleyball games were played in the early afternoon before the football game later that night. There were two all star games split between small schools and big schools.
In the small school game, Prairie Valley’s Emily Carpenter played on the east team while Gold-Burg’s Kelly Contreras played on the west team. Carpenter played all the way around and never came out as she finished with two kills and had three digs. Contreras stuck to the back row and had three digs. In the end, the east team won both sets with scores 25-20 and 25-19.
In the big school game, only Bowie’s Taygon Jones played in it from this area. She got to play her preferred position as libero, hardly ever coming off the court.
It was a back and forth match with the teams trading 25-17 sets to force a third and final set to 15. In the end, Jones helped her team pull out the close 15-13 win as she finished with five digs.
The event ended with everyone hustling over to Iowa Park’s football field since the usual host Midwestern State University’s Memorial Stadium was not available due to construction.
Nocona’s Sam Davis was joined by Bowie’s Hunter Wade and Jake Fallis to be on the east team, which won its seventh straight game against the west with a blow out score 42-14.
Wade played the whole game at left guard while Fallis got a lot of play at defensive end on defense. Davis played out of position at wide receiver in the spread offense, but held his own despite seeing few on target throws his way.
To read the full story and see pictures of all 14 athletes in action, pick up copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie boys
The Bowie Jackrabbits had a good tournament back from the Christmas break last week, playing four games at Bridgeport.
The Jackrabbits went 3-1 overall, with the one loss coming against a bigger schools that is state-ranked.
Bowie started the tournament playing a small but athletic team in 4A Western Hills that liked to press on defense and shoot a lot of 3-pointers.
The Jackrabbits started the game out well, going up 14-6. Bowie was able to stay in control up 25-18 at halftime. The Cougars rode the hot outside shooting of one of their players, but the Jackrabbits had more of a team effort offensively throughout the game that never wavered.
Bowie won easily 51-38 to start off the tournament well. Rayder Mann led the team with 15 points while Gaige Goodman was second with 10 points and Adam Pickett had nine points.
The second game did not go well as the Jackrabbits were matched up with 4A state-ranked team Burkburnett.
Unlike the previous game, the Bulldogs press defense sped up the game to a pace Bowie did not want to be. After a close first quarter, Burkburnett had two quarters it scored more than 20 points that the Jackrabbits just could not match. The Bulldogs won 78-47.
Mann led the team with 17 points while Goodman was second with seven points.
The second day saw Bowie play previous Montague County rival Nocona for the first time since 2022.
The Indians led early 10-4, but the Jackrabbits cut into the lead and trailed only 20-16 at halftime. Bowie’s offense had a good third quarter, equaling its first half total on offense while limiting Nocona to seven points.
The Jackrabbits then made enough of their free throws in the fourth quarter to keep the Indians at bay as they won 41-34.
Mann led the team with 12 points while Bradly Horton was second with 10 points.
Bowie was able to take that win into its final game of the tournament, playing 4A Bonham. The Jackrabbits beat the Warriors 53-39 to close out the tournament on a good note.
Bowie girls
The Bowie Lady Rabbits came back from the holiday break and played a non-district warm-up game at Pottsboro on Friday to get back into shape.
The state-ranked 3A Lady Cardinals team won 56-35 against the Lady Rabbits.
Bowie had a great week heading into the Christmas break. The Lady Rabbits had started district 2-0 with wins against Iowa Park and Jacksboro. With district play waiting for the team this week, Bowie had one game to get its see legs back.
It did not start well for the Lady Rabbits. Pottsboro went ahead 19-6. Bowie had nowhere to go but up as it cut the lead to 25-15 at halftime.
Then the Lady Cardinals responded with a huge 24 point third quarter that put the game out of reach for the Lady Rabbits. Bowie finished strong with 15 points in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough to make up the big lead.
Pottsboro won 56-35.
Parker Riddle led the team with 12 points while Hanna Bell was second with 11 points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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The Bellevue basketball teams both played in the playoffs for the first time in several years. The Lady Eagles finished fourth in the district to qualify after missing the previous season. In the bi-district round, Bellevue had to play the eventual state champs Newcastle.
The Eagles also finished fourth, though they played Saint Jo in a play-in game for third place. Bellevue then had to play state-ranked Graford in the bi-district round before ending its season.
The spring season saw Bellevue bring back its baseball program after many years.
While the team struggled during its initial season, it is a step in the first step for a program that hopes to compete well in the near future. In golf, the Lady Eagles ended up winning the district title to qualify for the regional tournament.
In the fall, both of Bellevue’s cross country teams finished second at district and qualified for regionals.
There, Mattie Broussard was able to qualify for the state meet individually after winning the regional title.
At state, Broussard came in ninth place to earn a medal.
To see pictures and highlights from all of the area schools, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Prairie Valley program had a good spring to start 2024. In tennis Case Carpenter qualified for regionals after finishing second at the district meet in boy’s singles. In golf, the Lady Bulldogs team finished second at the district tournament to qualify for regionals.
To cap off the spring season, Linzie Priddy qualified for the state track meet in the 800 meter race, where she placed ninth overall.
The fall season saw the Lady Bulldogs finish second in district to qualify for the playoffs. In the bi-district round, Prairie Valley held on to beat Vernon Northside in five sets to continue its season one more game. In the area round, the Lady Bulldogs lost to Garner.
In cross country, the program had one boy and one girl qualify for the state meet for the second straight year.
Josh Stout was running at state for the second time and he improved on his first appearance as she placed 29th. Priddy, running at the state cross country meet for her third time, finished 84th.
To see pictures and highlights from all of the area schools, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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