SPORTS
Lady Rabbits lose to Holliday despite good defensive effort
The Bowie Lady Rabbits fell to Holliday on Friday night in the second round of district play.
The Lady Eagles won a low-scoring game 38-20 as the Lady Rabbits made them work in the first half.
Bowie came into the game hoping it could try and turn things around. The Lady Rabbits have not won a district game in the first round of district play, missing their leading scorer Ziba Robbins who was still out with an injury.
Bowie hoped it could get an upset win with Holliday coming off two straight losses, the first losses in district for the Lady Eagles.
Early on it looked like the Lady Rabbits were doing the things they could do to make it happen.
Bowie was shadowing Holliday’s top player Kenna Wood to try and deny her touching the ball and making things difficult for her. The Lady Rabbits defense, which has been solid despite recent results, were playing physical and hustling like they wanted this game.
The biggest struggle for Bowie, scoring, was solved with Maycie Metzler getting to the free throw line several times and converting 4-7 in the first quarter. With baskets from Ella Richey and a 3-pointer from Emily Cueva, the Lady Rabbits held a one basket lead 9-7 heading into the second quarter.
Unfortunately, that would be the highest scoring period for Bowie for the rest of the game. The team scored only one basket each the next two quarters as Holliday pulled ahead.
Bowie’s team seemed to wear down as the game went along against the Lady Eagles press defense. Even if only a few turnovers led directly to quick points in transition, the Lady Rabbits had too many in the form of traveling or off off-target passes that went out of bounds.
Bowie scored multiple baskets in the fourth quarter as the team found Imala Walker open in the post after driving the lane for five points.
The Lady Eagles offense never fully broke out against the Lady Rabbits. Even with Wood finding ways to score in the second half after being held to only basket in the first half, Bowie’s defense still did a consistently tough job. Holliday scored 17 points in the first half and 21 in the second half.
It was not enough as the Lady Rabbits offense let them down again as Holliday won 38-20.
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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