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Bowie athletics hopeful about the new season
With the 2024-2025 year of high school athletics kicking off next week across Texas, many coaching staffs and players are soaking up the last few days before the months of work starts for fall sports.
The Bowie athletics program is prepared heading into Athletic Director Tyler Price’s second year at the helm.
The main goal for Price in year one was trying to raise the bar, or standard, of how the athletic program operates both on and off the field of play. He feels him and his staff did that.
“We feel like we’re in a good spot now and feel good about what we’ve done right now,” Price said. “With that being said, there’s still a lot of work to do, but it makes it easy come to work every day. We have really good kids who want to work and who want to get better.”
Obviously the biggest criticism for football is the team went 1-8 in the first season, but it was always going to be a tough season with the team replacing a lot of new faces. Trying to change the fortune of a football program that has won four games in the last three seasons is not an overnight process and is still the biggest challenge ahead.
“I think the kids learning how to win is the next big step,” Price said. “I feel like we’re competing. The kids want to compete, know how to compete and don’t turn down from anything. Learning to win though, winning is hard, regardless of what sport you’re playing.”
One aspect Price wants to see more of are athletes in the program taking charge and leading their peers.
“I think the next step is more student-led stuff,” Price said. “Having leaders in every sport who are taking the lead on the ins and outs because this is their athletic program; it’s not my athletic program. It’s not my coaches. It’s the kid’s athletic program.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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Lady Rabbits start basketball season
The Bowie Lady Rabbits basketball team started off their season this past week by going 1-1.
The Lady Rabbits won against Dallas Carter 32-14 on the road before losing to Paradise at home 41-24.
Against Dallas Carter to start the season last weekend, Bowie used aggressive defense to limit the Cowgirls to five points or less in every quarter.
The Lady Rabbits struggled to score as well, but were able to convert on several more chances per quarter to keep their lead throughout the game.
Bowie led 12-6 at halftime, but was able to get more on track offensively in the second half to pull away while never giving an inch on defense.
The Lady Rabbits beat the Cowgirls 32-14.
Parker Riddle led the team with eight points while Hanna Bell was right behind her with seven. New varsity players Payton Holt and Laney Enlow added five points.
Unfortunately a few days later Bowie’s home opener against Paradise did not go its way.
The Lady Rabbits struggled to score all game and had trouble slowing down the Lady Cats two leading scorers who combined for 35 of their team’s 41 points.
New varsity player Sadie Weaver led Bowie with seven points while Bell was second with six points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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Nocona volleyball easily wins playoff game
The Nocona Lady Indians took care of business to easily beat Seymour on Tuesday night in their bi-district playoff match.
The Lady Indians easily won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Panthers in a match that went quick.
Nocona came into the match on a high having overcome Windthorst on its second try to get a share of the district title. Besides those matches against the Lady Trojans, the Lady Indians were breezing through opponents during district play.
Nocona expected to do the same on Tuesday night against a Seymour team that did just enough to make the playoffs in its district.
The Lady Indians won with the set scores being 25-16, 25-11 and 25-11.
Ava Johnson led the team with 18 kills while Jolie Rose was second with six. Meg Meekins had a team high 18 assists while Leah Meekins and Kasi Castro each had 10.
Meg Meekins also led the team with three service aces while Kaygan Stone had two and Castro also had two.
On defense Sy Parker had a team high three blocks while Raylea Bowles had one. Aubree Kleinhans led the team with 10 digs while Johnson was second with nine.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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Saint Jo wins area round match
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers got themselves a little challenge playing in their area round playoff match on Thursday against Perrin-Whitt.
The Lady Panthers won 3-1 against the Lady Pirates as they started the match on not the best note.
Saint Jo came into the match hoping it could recapture its form during its bi-district schedule. The Lady Panthers breezed through district play, never losing a set and rarely were challenged by anyone but their own high expectations.
Saint Jo had gotten a little on track playing a warm-up match against state-ranked Benjamin earlier in the week and winning 3-1. Still, Perrin-Whitt came in and seemed to surprise the Lady Panthers.
It was rematch since the teams opened the season against the other way back on Aug. 12. That match was a one-sided straight sets win from Saint Jo and the team was used to it being that way against the Lady Pirates.
Since then Perrin-Whitt won 22 matches and only lost to state-ranked Garner in its district. This time around four months later, things were different.
The first set was competitive until the Lady Panthers opened up a 14-11 lead. Instead of taking control, it was the Lady Pirates that came back and went on an 8-2 run. Perrin-Whitt led 19-16.
Even with Saint Jo closing the gap to two points 21-19 heading into the end of the set, it was the Lady Pirates that made the plays and feasted on uncharacteristic Lady Panther mistakes. Perrin-Whitt won 25-22 to take set one and the early lead.
While it was a close set, it was not Saint Jo’s best as more than once communication errors that are long ironed out at this point of the season resulted in points as well as hitting errors around the net.
The loss seemed to serve as a wakeup call for the Lady Panthers heading into set two.
Saint Jo took control of the set early thanks to some aggressive serving, good defensive net play and solid ball control. The Lady Panthers went on an 8-2 run to lead 14-6 and led by double-digits at one point 20-10.
Perrin-Whitt played better down the stretch to make the final score respectable, but Saint Jo won with little drama 25-17 to tie the match at 1-1.
That confidence from how it had won set two led into the set three for Saint Jo. The Lady Panthers were up 5-0 early.
The Lady Pirates cut the lead to as close to three points down 9-6, but from there it was all Saint Jo.
The Lady Panthers at one point opened up a double-digit lead 23-12 before eventually winning the set 25-17 again to take the lead in the match 2-1.
Any of the confidence or fire Perrin-Whitt had at the start of the match seemed to be gone heading into set four and Saint Jo was not letting up.
From the start again, the Lady Panthers took a quick 5-0 lead and never looked back.
It was a quick procession to the end of the match as Saint Jo’s lead grey to 17-8 to 21-9 to eventually 25-12.
The Lady Panthers won the match 3-1 to move on to the regional quarterfinals.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News. For more pictures from the match click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6870377&T=1
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