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Bowie boys and girls get challenged at tournaments
Bowie girls
The Bowie Lady Rabbits had a tough final tournament at Poolville last week to get them ready for the rigors district play that starts this week.
The Lady Rabbits went 2-3 overall while playing some tough teams and learning a lot.
Bowie started off the tournament with a dominant win against Chico 41-15. Ziba Robbins led the team with 13 points and Parker Riddle was second with 11 points.
The difficulty quickly ramped up as the Lady Rabbits next played the top ranked 3A private school in the state Lubbock Christian. Bowie lost 55-25 as Robbins had a team high seven points.
In bracket play the next day, Bowie had its best win of the tournament, beating a tough Windthorst team 43-35. Robbins had a team high 12 points followed by Hanna Bell who scored 11 points.
The Lady Rabbits moved on, but ran into eighth ranked team in the state in 3A Paradise. The Lady Wildcats showed why as they beat Bowie 58-30. Emily Cueva led the team with nine points.
The Lady Rabbits final game of the tournament was against Gordon. It was the lowest scoring game of the tournament for Bowie as the defense played lights out, but the ball would not go into the basket for the Lady Rabbits.
Bowie lost 26-18. Riddle led the team with seven points.
Robbins and Cueva each were named to the all-tournament team individually.
Bowie boys
The Bowie boy’s basketball team had a much tougher time playing its second tournament at Graham last week.
The Jackrabbits went 1-3 overall while playing mostly bigger schools after finishing runners-up at S&S Consolidated the previous weekend.
Bowie played well at times and competed well, but just could not do enough of the small things to give it a chance to win in the end of these games.
The Jackrabbits lost to Wichita Falls High School 51-40. Andrew Sandhoff led the team with 19 points while Tucker Jones was second with 11.
Bowie then lost its closest game of the tournament against Lubbock Coranado 57-51. Sandhoff had a team high 18 points while Rayder Mann was second with 11 points.
The Jackrabbits then lost to Sweetwater 54-42 in a game where a bad third quarter dug Bowie too deep of a hole to get out of. Sandhoff scored 17 and Jones scored 10 to lead the team on the scoresheets.
The Jackrabbits got to end the tournament on a high note, dominating Olney 60-23. Sandhoff scored 21 points and Mann scored 16 to lead the team.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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