SPORTS
Information to know about Super Bowl Sunday

In case you weren’t invited to a party already or somehow avoid sports news like the plague, I am saving you the surprise when your Sunday night show is delayed because Super Bowl Sunday is this weekend.
Starting at 5:30 p.m. on Fox in Glendale, AZ, the Philadelphia Eagles will play the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII (or 57 if you don’t know roman numerals).
This is a fun catch-up for people whose only exposure to football might be the few minutes they glassily stare at the screen at said Super Bowl party or family get together and want to know who is even playing in this game.
The bad news for the casual fan who loves to root for an underdog story is that neither of these teams fit that bill. Both were probably picked on some expert’s list before the season began and neither have had a remarkably unlikely trip outside of dealing with some untimely injuries at quarterback.
Philadelphia
It’s good to have a Super Bowl come along where I have a team I can root against with all my heart not to win.
The Cowboy fan in me cannot stand another Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl win, with the one five years ago and the franchises first one ever still being unbelievable to me.
The fact the franchise is back after most of that team blew up and was rebuilt in the ensuing years is at once infuriating and begrudgingly impressive as the Eagles have arguably been the best team in the league from start to finish.
They had their conference best record 14-3 record, winning their first nine games and with two of their losses coming late in the season when their young, hot shot quarterback Jalen Hurts was out with a sprained throwing shoulder.
While he is apparently still dealing with the aftereffects of the injury, he is just one cog in the machine of this team instead of carrying it on his back like some other quarterbacks have to. On both sides of the ball their big guys up front are some of the best in the league.
On offense it allows Hurts and running Miles Sanders make up one of the best rushing attacks in the league. Not to be one dimensional, Hurts has big play receivers to throw it to with the beefed up A.J. Brown or the skinny/smooth Devonta Smith catching touchdown passes.
On defense, that line allows Philadelphia to get after quarterbacks as a unit instead of just relying on one star pass rusher. The Eagles led the league in sacking the quarterback, which is a big reason it has had success and could be a big key going against the Chiefs banged up offensive line.
Philadelphia has been dominant in its two playoff wins against the New York Giants (38-7) and the San Francisco 49ers (31-7) even without awesome performances from Hurts throwing the ball. Because of all this, the Eagles are 1.5 point favorites according to the Caesars Sportsbook as of Wednesday.
Kansas City
You might remember hearing about Kansas City either being in the Super Bowl or even winning one the last several years and you would be right. The Chiefs won the Super Bowl in 2020 and then lost the next year in 2021.
This has been one of the league’s best and most fun teams since quarterback Patrick Mahomes took over as starter in 2018. The former Texas Tech Red Raider has been arguably the best quarterback in the league during that stretch as he makes throws not many humans can make let alone attempt.
Kansas City also went 14-3, but its losses came earlier in the season when it was still discovering itself after losing speedy receiver Tyreek Hill in the offseason. Mahomes adapted and doubled down on his favorite receiver, tight end Travis Kelce who was the best player at his position this season.
His new look receivers on the outside have gotten the job done, but some recent injuries limited them in the playoffs. More importantly, Mahomes suffered an ankle injury in the playoffs and had to fight through it to get his team close wins against both Jacksonville (27-20) and its nemesis Cincinnati Bengals (23-20).
All have been practicing this week which is usually a good sign they will play.
Defensively, the Chiefs are usually just good enough to not be a liability as long as their offense is putting up points. The biggest star on that side of the ball is defensive tackle Chris Jones who has been one of the best players at his position as well.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
SPORTS
Bowie track runs at Peaster in final meet before district

The Bowie track team competed in its final meet before district last week on March 27 at Peaster.
The boy’s team finished fourth overall while the girl’s team got seventh place.
The boy’s team had three athletes who won their events.
Russell Anderson won the 400 meter race, Braden Rhyne won the triple jump and Tyler Richey won the pole vault events.
Some other highlights for the team included Cody West getting second in the shot put, the 4×400 relay team getting second place, Richey getting fourth in the 110 meter hurdles, Rhyne getting third in the 300 meter hurdles and Jorge De Leon getting fourth in both the discus and shot put.
Brayden Willett got second place in the 3200 meters, third place in the 1600 meters and fourth place in the 800 meter race.
The Lady Rabbit highlights included Dallie Monroe getting fourth in the shot put, Laney Segura getting fifth in the 800 meters and Olivia Richey getting sixth in the 100 meters.
The 4×200 relay got fifth place and the 4×100 relay got sixth place to earn points.
Bowie competes in the district rack meet this week at Iowa Park. The running finals are scheduled for 5 p.m. on April 4.
Results for all Bowie varsity athletes who finished sixth or better are in the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
SPORTS
Montague County has nine named all-region basketball players

Nocona’s Meg Meekins (above) not only earned all-region honors, she also earned all-state honors and was named the Texas Girls Coaches Association 1A-4A Player of the Year.
Other Montague County basketball athletes who were named to all-region teams including Rayder Mann from Bowie and Reagan Phipps from Nocona. From Saint Jo, Payzlie Cervantes, Taylor Patrick and Barrett Johnson were named to the all-region team. From Forestburg, Jesus Sanchez, Brenna Briles and Kyler Willett were named to the all-region team.
For pictures of all nine athletes, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
SPORTS
Baseball Roundup

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost a close game at home against Perrin-Whitt on March 28.
The Pirates won 8-3, only taking the lead in the seventh inning after the Panthers had come back to tie up the game.
Saint Jo was coming into the game after a close one-run loss in extra innings against Perrin-Whitt earlier last week.
The second game started with two scoreless innings before the Pirates got on the board in the third inning. A line drive into left field resulted in a fielding error that allowed one run to score. A double followed that drove in another run as Perrin-Whitt went up 2-0.
The Pirates added to the lead in the fourth inning, driving in a run on a single to extend its lead to 3-0.
Saint Jo answered back in the same inning. Charlie Evans drove in one run with a single. Later in the inning, with a runners on second on third base, the Perrin-Whitt pitcher balked twice, an illegal pitching motion, that allowed both runners to advance to home plate. The Panthers had tied the score at 3-3.
After a scoreless fifth and sixth inning, the Pirates had the pressure on in the seventh inning.
With the bases loaded, a hit batter and later a walk scored two runs for Perrin-Whitt. Then a bases clearing double scored three more runs to break the game open in the final inning.
Saint Jo tried to answer in its final at-bats, getting two singles and drawing a walk but could not get enough things going to score.
The Pirates won 8-3.
Evans led the team with one RBI and two hits as the team finished with five hits and drew six walks.
Sam Martin allowed eight runs (two earned) on seven hits while striking out six and walking three batters in 6.2 innings of work. The defense committed three fielding errors overall.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians had a tough start to district last week, losing both games in their series against Lindsay.
The Knights won 11-4 and 7-3 against the Indians last week as Nocona hopes to get back into the playoffs.
Nocona was coming off a string of good wins the previous week against smaller schools, but knew Lindsay would be tough.
The first game saw Lindsay continually score runs in the first four innings, building a 9-0 lead before the Indians could get on the board in the bottom of the fourth inning with two runs.
Nocona added two more runs in the fifth inning to cut the lead to 9-4 and get some momentum heading into the final two innings.
After a scoreless sixth inning, the Knights scored two runs in the seventh inning to extend their lead and eventually win 11-4.
Miller Jentry led the team with two RBIs while RJ Walker also drove in two runs. The team had only two hits, but drew nine walks in the game.
Brody Langford allowed six runs (two earned) on five hits while striking out three in three innings pitches. Landon Fatheree allowed five runs (two earned) on seven hits while striking out one and walking four. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Nocona knew it could play better and tried to in the second game later in the week while playing on the road at Lindsay.
The Knights again took the early lead, scoring in three of the first four innings and going up 6-0. The Indians scored two runs in the fifth inning and one in the top of the sixth inning to initially cut the lead to 6-3. Lindsay answered with one run in the bottom of the sixth inning and held on to win 7-3.
Walker Murphey led the team with two RBIs after hit a double. Kutter Cabrera drove in the other run for Nocona. The Indians finished with three hits and drew only two walks, making the most of their limited opportunities.
Walker got the start on the mound and allowed seven runs (two earned) on eight hits while striking out six batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed six fielding errors overall.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles started district last week playing a series against fellow 1A team Bryson.
Unfortunately, the Cowboys won both games handily 11-1 and 10-1.
Bellevue was coming off a tough week where it hung tough playing 2A teams Nocona and Chico, not getting wins but competing well against the more experienced and bigger schools.
Unfortunately against Bryson in the first game, a few bad defensive innings threw away a good start to the game. Bryce Ramsey drew a leadoff walk in the first inning and stole his way around to second base, third base before eventually coming home on a steal.
Bellevue led 1-0 after the first inning.
That was the highlight as the Cowboys scored four runs in both the third and fourth inning to take control of the game. Bryson eventually added three more in the sixth inning.
The Eagles needed to score at least one run to avoid getting run-ruled and play the seventh inning, but could not do it. The Cowboys won 11-1.
Walker Strahan, Ryan Jones and Ramsey each had one hit to lead the team. With the Eagles drawing only one walk, it was a tough day swinging the bats for Bellevue.
Defensively, the Eagles allowed 12 hits and walked four batters, though avoided committing any fielding errors.
The second game on the road was not much better.
Bryson built up a 6-0 lead before Bellevue scored in the fifth inning. Cam Blaylock scored on the base paths to cut the lead to 6-1. The Cowboys responded in the same inning scoring four runs to go up 10-1.
The game cuts off on the Game Changer app from there.
Ramsey led the team with three hits in the game and Strahan was behind him with two hits as the team finished with six total and drew one walk.
Defensively, Bryson had nine hits and drew eight walks, but Bellevue did not commit any fielding errors.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
-
NEWS2 years ago
2 hurt, 1 jailed after shooting incident north of Nocona
-
NEWS1 year ago
Suspect indicted, jailed in Tia Hutson murder
-
NEWS2 years ago
SO investigating possible murder/suicide
-
NEWS2 years ago
Wreck takes the life of BHS teen, 16
-
NEWS2 years ago
Murder unsolved – 1 year later Tia Hutson’s family angry, frustrated with no arrest
-
NEWS2 years ago
Sheriff’s office called out to infant’s death
-
NEWS2 years ago
Bowie Police face three-hour standoff after possible domestic fight
-
NEWS2 years ago
Driver stopped by a man running into the street, robbed at knifepoint