SPORTS
Sanders takes over as new Bowie volleyball coach
Bowie will have a new volleyball coach heading into this season.
Ashley Sanders is coming back to the community, taking over from Breanna Jones who is staying with the district but taking a backseat from coaching to spend more time with her family.
Sanders has ties to Bowie as she went to school here up until sixth grade, but has family in the town that has kept her coming back for years. She ultimately graduated from Northwest High School before getting her bachelor of arts at the University of North Texas on a track scholarship.
She has never worked as a coach in the school sense, spending two years at Red Oak as an algebra teacher. She has coached at several clinics, camps and clubs during the years though while also competing in sand volleyball up to as recently as this year.
Despite her inexperience at being a varsity head coach, her knowledge of the game was one of the main reasons cited by Athletic Director Hugh Farmer for picking Sanders to succeed Jones.
“I think she is the type of person the kids will really respond to,” Farmer said. “I think they are going to get after it and they are going to really respect her knowledge and her passion
Sanders knows the role comes with a lot of different things to manage besides just coaching her girls on the court, but is looking forward to the challenge.
“There are a lot more moving parts involved when it comes to varsity sports and I think it will be an adjustment,” Sanders said. “Coach Jones has reached out to me and offered any advice she has with being in that position which I am grateful for.”
She has not gotten a chance to meet all of her players yet, but is impressed with the ones she has met.
“I do feel like they are a great group of athletes who love to compete,” Sanders said.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona and Gold-Burg opened district play with convincing wins Oct. 9 while Saint Jo and Forestburg suffered tough losses.
Brief summaries of area county games follow:
Nocona 49, Chico 7
The Indians nearly had a shutout but managed to get the road win. Nocona Coach Jeff Hill said Chico turnovers and Nocona capitalizing on them was a big key to the win.
“We took advantage of those opportunities, and I’m proud of how our guys executed offensively when it happened,” Hill said. “We would have had a shutout if not for a pick-six which the defense made a really good play.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Peaster jumped out to a 20-0 lead midway through the first quarter and Bowie was never fully able to recover in a 50-14 District 4-3A Division I game Oct. 9.
Bowie, which lost its second straight game, is 4-3 overall while Peaster is 3-4. Rabbit Coach Tyler Price said Peaster capitalized on Rabbit mistakes.
“When you don’t do your job, you get exposed,” Price said. “The same mistakes are continually showing up and we’re not able to fix them right now.” Price said a good look in the mirror by both players and coaches has to happen if things are going to improve.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s teams competed in the District 6-3A Meet at Burkburnett High Oct. 12.
Brayden Willett and Kellen Rater finished 1-2 individually with ties of 16:44.29 and 17:17.80 to lead the Rabbits in a 2nd-place finish. Hayden Cos was 11th in 19:26.39, Hayden Sutton was 16th in 20:03.33 with Shawn Willett 19th in 20:29.34. Also running for Bowie was Coleman Holloway in 20:39.44 and Taven Melton running a 20:54.19.
The Lady Rabbits finished 4th led by Laney Segura with a time of 14:09.89. Bella Lozano finished with a time of 15:20.49 followed by Isabella Casell in 15:30.43, An’Dee Miller in 15:39.61, Angeles Alvarez in 15:44.87 and Kylee Waldrep in 16:27.33.
The boys sualified for Regionals in Lubbock Oct. 27.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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