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Jackrabbit football loses at Burkburnett
The Bowie Jackrabbits lost at Burkburnett on Friday night.
The Bulldogs won 34-21 in a game that got away from the Jackrabbits in the second half.
Burkburnett was coming off of two losses against Krum and Iowa Park.
Bowie came into the game a little rusty after having only played five minutes in its previous game against Henrietta. That game was canceled due to lightning.
Maybe that is why the Jackrabbits found themselves down 14-0 in the first quarter. Bowie responded with its own drive, finished off by Justin Clark scoring from four yards out to cut the lead to 14-6 heading into the second quarter.
The defense then came through with a stop and forced a punt. Nick Salazar then came through blocked the punt.
With a shorter field to work with and momentum on their side, the Jackrabbits went down to score again, this time with Tucker Jones scoring on a 14-yard run. The successful two-point conversion tied the score up at 14-14.
Unfortunately, Bowie was not able to keep the momentum going its way. The Bulldogs responded with a scoring on drive, continuing to have good success running the football. Burkburnett scored to make it 21-14.
The Jackrabbits had enough time for one more drive before halftime, but could not produce any points as they went into the locker room trailing by one touchdown.
Unfortunately, Bowie would not play better in the second half as the Bulldogs lead continued to grow.
Burkburnett scored the only points in the third quarter on a 13-yard run to go up 28-14.
Then in the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs leading rusher Kyler Kirkland, who finished with a game high 189 yards rushing, scored his third touchdown of the game on a 59-yard run that put Burkburnett up 34-14.
The Jackrabbit offense, having to get out of their run-first approach and try to force things more than they would like, finally broke through later in the game. Quarterback Rayder Mann scored on a 17-yard run before the final whistle.
It made the final score 34-21.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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