SPORTS
Bowie tennis wins first dual
The Bowie tennis team won its first dual match of the season after beating Holliday at home on Thursday night.
The Jackrabbits won by the narrowest margin 10-9 against the Eagles.
Bowie had gotten close this season, narrowly losing to Hirschi earlier this month before getting close again in their dual against Bridgeport on Saturday.
The Jackrabbits lost 11-8 against the Bulls. Bowie was far behind after doubles with only the first position boy’s doubles team of Rush Williams/Gavyn Brown along with the mixed doubles team Heidi Siebert/ Tucker Childers winning their matches.
Bowie made up for it with its singles play. On the girl’s side, Siebert in the first position along with Lily Hodges in third, Alyssa Airington in fourth and Gentry Gray in the sixth position won their matches.
The boys had Williams win in the first position singles and Childers win the second position. Unfortunately, it was not enough as the team fell a few matches short of coming back.
On Thursday against Holliday, the Jackrabbits were not in a hole. Bowie was up 4-3 after doubles play was completed.
The boy’s side swept its matches, with Rush/Brown winning at position one again in a close match 9-8. Position two team with Brendan Dudley/Brooks Gray dominated winning 8-3 and position three team with Alex Castro/Shiv Patel won easily 8-2.
On the girl’s side, only the position three team featuring Gentry Gray/Leah Cantrell won their match with the score of 8-3.
In singles, the boy’s side was strong again as all Bowie players won five of the six matches. Williams won in position one 8-5, Dudley won in position two in a tight match 9-7, Gray won in position four 8-4, Castro won in position five 8-5 and Brown won in position six in dominant fashion 8-2.
The girls needed to win one of its six singles matches and Siebert was the one, winning her match in position one with the score 8-5.
Bowie won its first dual of the season 10-9.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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