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Both Bowie teams lose at City View
The Bowie Jackrabbits got outscored at City View on Tuesday night to drop their first district game.
The Mustangs won the high-scoring game 80-57 as the Jackrabbits just could not stop City View.
Bowie came into the game with a 3-0 district record, with two of the games being won by one basket and the other by 10 points.
The Mustangs have won every game against the Jackrabbits the last three seasons, including three times last year which included the playoffs where City View ended Bowie’s season in the regional quarterfinals.
The Mustangs came into the game with a 1-1 district record, coming off a loss against Vernon.
The Jackrabbits started the game and kept it up scoring well. Bowie scored 12 points or more in every quarter and even finished with 20 points in the fourth quarter while having three players finish in double-digits in scoring.
Unfortunately, City View started off white hot and barely slowed down at all as the game went along.
The Mustangs were up 24-12 after the first quarter and 45-25 at halftime. City View’s lead grew in the third quarter to 65-37 before the Jackrabbits could make up a little ground. Bowie outscored the Mustangs 20-15 in the final period.
City View won 80-57.
Girls
The Bowie Lady Rabbits were hoping to go into City View and get an upset looking for their first district win.
Unfortunately, the Lady Mustangs won 47-28 as the Lady Rabbits continue to search for that elusive win.
Bowie came into the game as underdogs, with a 0-4 district record. The Lady Rabbits have shown at times they can be competitive if their defense can keep the score low. Bowie has struggled to score since its leading scorer Ziba Robbins has missed all of district play.
City View came into the game with a 3-1 district record, with its loss coming against a surprisingly good Jacksboro team. The Lady Mustangs were a pre-season favorite to be district champs since the third place team from last year graduated few players.
The Lady Rabbits started the game unfortunately with a familiar problem, being unable to score many points. Bowie scored only six points in the first half and trailed 22-6 at halftime.
The Lady Rabbits came out in the second half and more than doubled their first half total with 14 points as six different players scored two points or more in the most idealized scenario for this team.
Unfortunately, City View scored at a similar pace as Bowie only outscored the Lady Mustangs 14-13 in the third quarter meaning the Lady Rabbits had an uphill battle down 35-20.
That was the biggest offensive stretch of the game for Bowie as the team scored only eight points in the fourth quarter.
The Lady Rabbits played hard until the end, but City View’s lead grew some more thanks to some 3-pointers and free throws made. The Lady Mustangs won 47-28.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
With the baseball and softball seasons over for the area 1A schools, district awards have been released.
Listed below are those earned honors on the field and in the classroom for Saint Jo and Bellevue.
Softball
Saint Jo
Honorable mention
Utility player: Taylor Patrick; Catcher: Jordyn O’Neal
Baseball
Superlatives
Offensive MVP: Devin Stewart, Saint Jo
Newcomer of the Year: Bryce Ramsey, Bellevue
Pitcher: Trent Gaston, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Jayden Curry, Saint Jo
Second team
Pitcher: Charlie Barclay, Saint Jo
Infielder: Brycen Bancroft, Bellevue; Sam Martin, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Rylan Forrester, Saint Jo
Catcher: Charlie Evans, Saint Jo
Utility: Logan Hoover, Saint Jo
DH: Amzy Barclay, Saint Jo
Honorable mention
Cody Gaston, Saint Jo; Xander Joyner, Saint Jo
To see academic awards from Saint Jo players, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Eldon Van Hooser is leaving Forestburg better than he found it.
The head boy’s basketball coach is retiring after more than 30 years, spending the last five at Forestburg.
Van Hooser did not come to this decision because of a lack of fire or feeling tired after decades in the profession. He had to for family reasons.
“My wife has MS (multiple sclerosis) and it’s a disease where you have trouble standing and walking and she needs help,” Van Hooser said. “I am able to so I am going to step away from teaching and coaching to be there for her.”
Van Hooser was hired in 2019. Along with being the boy’s basketball coach, he also was the football team’s defensive coordinator.
There were some lean years for Forestburg on the boy’s athletic side, with numbers being low and the available athletes being mostly underclassmen.
For two years, the Longhorns’ boy’s basketball team won few games and one of those seasons saw the team field five players on the high school team.
“One of those years we had COVID-19 and the other we had five kids,” Van Hooser said. “It was very rough. After that we worked with the kids and we had a good freshman group coming up. Next year they are going to be seniors.”
That group has helped to turn the program around. Last year the young Longhorns team contested for a playoff spot and just barely missed it finishing fifth in the district.
This season, that same group took a leap and finished second in district with a record of 7-5.
Despite losing its last two regular season games in dramatic fashion heading into the playoffs, the team stepped up in the bi-district game.
Playing against an athletic Newcastle team, Forestburg led for most of the game.
Unfortunately, the previous game against Bellevue saw the Longhorn team blow the lead late in the fourth quarter against a hard pressing style team and they were suffering the same fate against the Bobcats down the stretch.
Fortunately, Forestburg held on just enough to win 53-46. It was the first boy’s basketball playoff win in nine years for Forestburg.
“It was huge for our program,” Van Hooser said. “This new year we will have new goals. The new coach will have some goals of his own, but I set some for the team and think that we have come a long way.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.
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