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Montague County athletes/coaches compete in six-man all-star games
The Texas Six-man Coaches Association hosted the six-man all-star games on Friday and Saturday.
Besides the football games each night, Saturday afternoon also included both boy’s and girl’s basketball games as well.
Besides the boy’s basketball game, Montague County had participants in every game of the festivities. Unfortunately, they were all on the losing side of things as the west teams won every game.
The Saint Jo coaching staff that included Mark Stevens, Daniel Lindenborn, Bob Bowden and Mason Binder lead the east squad in the division I football all-star game on Friday night. The staff has been together for the past three seasons and have won three district titles and four playoff games during that span.
It was the most competitive of all of the games. The east team held a narrow 26-22 lead heading into the fourth quarter, but the west team scored 14 points to end up winning the game 36-26.
The next day the girl’s basketball game was played first at noon. Saint Jo’s Elaina Everson and Forestburg’s Faith Moore played at rival schools during their high school careers, but on Saturday they played on the same team. Both operated for years as one of their team’s main ball handlers, but in the all-star game their time with the ball in their hands was limited.
The east team had trouble dealing with the west’s full court press and lost big 74-32.
On Saturday night the division II football game ended the festivities. From Montague County, Gold-Burg’s Kani Grace and Kolton Whitaker played in the game.
It looked like it was heading towards a blowout as three turnovers led to the west team jumping out to a 28-0 lead after the first quarter.
The east got a jolt when it moved Grace to the backfield and he took a little dump off pass 48 yards for the team’s first touchdown. He would go on to rush for 26 yards on four carries and also completed a pass for 19 yards.
Whitaker played on defense and was in on some blocked extra points and mostly spent his time trying to get pressure.
While the east squad wasn’t able to come back from such a bad start, it did make the final score more respectable 70-49.
To read the full story and see pictures of each athlete, pick up a copy of 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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