SPORTS
Lady Horns end season to Graford
The Forestburg Lady Horns return to the playoffs for the first time since 2018 was short-lived as they fell to a giant Graford team on Tuesday.
The Lady Horns lost 70-30 in a game where despite the score getting away from them early on they never stopped battling or enraging their opponents with their effort.
Forestburg came into the bi-district playoff game with the higher seed after finishing second in the district. The Lady Rabbits were a third seed, but not your normal third seed.
In a district with second ranked Newcastle on top and 14th ranked Throckmorton to battle for second place, state-ranked Graford were the favorites.
Featuring a huge and experienced backline, it overwhelmed the mostly younger Lady Horn team.
Midway through the first quarter Forestburg was competing well with the score tied at 5-5.
Only two minutes later, Graford started to flex its strengths and went on a 9-0 run to lead 14-5. The Lady Rabbits kept the run going until the end of the quarter, up 20-5 heading into the second quarter.
The Lady Horns were trying to press to keep up their energy, but Graford was quick to pass over the top and try to attack the back end before help could recover.
Even off of just defensive rebounds, the Lady Rabbits were looking to push the ball and run to get baskets in transition, taking advantage of Forestburg players trying to chase offensive rebounds.
The lead continued to grow as the game went along, though the Lady Horns never stopped coming. Despite getting blocked at the rim on some drives, Forestburg players started to try and use their bodies to draw fouls against the bigger foes and get free throw attempts.
It was not a constant parade to the free throw line, but it was enough to enrage Graford fans and annoy the players as the Lady Horns continued to rough it up like it was a two-point game.
The Lady Rabbits won 70-30.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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