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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.
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The 19th annual Bullfest came to the county on May 4, hosted at the Saint Jo Rodeo Arena. With bulls provided Big L Rodeo Company, Locke Bucking Bulls and more, it attracted many great riders, both local and farther away. In the end, it was Colby Deel from Jacksboro who won the the senior division round. The junior division winner was Ringo Stummer from Mountain Springs.
To see more photos, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
With the track season firmly over this year, one school went out of its way to encourage its athletes to not only improve on their totals, but set some school records this season.
Brenna Briles set the school record in the girl’s high jump (5-4), triple jump (33 feet), 100 meters (13.11) and the 200 meters (27.87).
Kayden Dill set the school record boy’s 100 meters (11.08) and 200 meters (23.47). Tye Reid set the boy’s 110 meter hurdles record at 18.7 seconds. Jesse Wadsworth set the boy’s 800 meters record with a time of 2:06.
Some relay teams also set some records. The boy’s 4×100 meter team of Jeremiah Perez, Kyler Willett, Will Johnson and Dill set the record with the time of 45.29 seconds.
The 4×400 meter relay team with Christian Binanti, Johnson, Willett and Wadsworth ran a time of 3:40.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs will be seeing a new face around the gym and fields next fall with the hiring of a new Athletic Director and Head Coach, Kent Caruthers.
Caruthers will be replacing Coach Seth Stephens, who has accepted a coaching job in LaPoynor, moving closer to his family and hometown. Although Coach Stephens will be missed after six years of being a part of the Prairie Valley family, Coach Caruthers will step into his new role with a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Coach Caruthers has coached basketball, football, volleyball, cross country, track and golf.
He has a well-rounded background, which makes him the perfect candidate for a 1A coaching position.
He comes, most recently, from Matagorda where he was the athletic director, boys basketball, volleyball, and track coach.
He spent the majority of his coaching career at Tolar, where he was the head boys basketball coach, defensive coordinator for the varsity football team and head golf coach.
His record and experience speak for themselves, but when asked why he felt led to apply for this position, he said that the move north is all about coaching good kids.
His coaching philosophy revolves around hard work, stating “A winner is someone who recognizes their God-given talents, works their tail off developing the talents into skills and uses these skills to accomplish their goals.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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