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Football kicks off this week

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2 years ago

08/28/2024

The start of the high school football season is this week as all teams strive to make its record 1-0.
All five Montague County teams play, with all but Gold-Burg playing on the typical Friday night. The Bears are scheduled to play on Thursday night.
For Bowie, the Jackrabbits open the season at home playing a fellow 3A team Callisburg. The Wildcats are coming off a 5-6 season where they finished fourth in the district to earn a playoff spot.
For Nocona, the Indians are hosting Lindsay. The Knights are coming off a 5-6 season where they finished fourth in the district to earn the final playoff spot.
The team graduated only one starter on both sides of the ball and is expected to build on it, picked to finish second in its district.
They are ranked 15th in the state in 2A division II.
For Saint Jo, the Panthers are hosting Fort Worth THESA. It stands for Texas Home Educators Sports Association.
The Riders went 5-6 last year and finished third in their district to advance to the playoffs.
They advanced far enough before losing one round short of the state championship game.
For Gold-Burg, the Bears get one less day to prepare for their first game at Perrin-Whitt.
The Pirates are coming off a 2-8 season, but just missed the playoffs. Gold-Burg won last year’s game easily 64-16, but things are a bit different with both teams this season.
The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 29 at Perrin-Whitt.
For Forestburg, the Longhorns are playing Savoy this week. The Cardinals went 3-7 last year, but one of those wins came in district play to finish third in district.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Heat coming as practices begin

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2 days ago

07/30/2026

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Athletic workouts will begin Aug. 1 depending on the sport with some changes being made by the UIL to take place beginning this Fall.

The UIL mandates schools the use of Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) monitoring, regional classification thresholds, and rapid cooling zones for all outdoor athletic and marching band activities.

Temperatures must be taken using an approved WBGT device within 15 minutes prior to outdoor activity and re-monitored regularly. Modifications must be taken and monitored when temperatures are higher than 82 degrees.

Once temperatures reach that, modifications must be adjusted depending on how hot the temperatures get. From anywhere from three three-minute breaks per hour to no outdoor workouts or contests permitted and outdoor activities moved indoors.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Storey speaks of her World Cup volunteer experience

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2 days ago

07/30/2026

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Bowie News columnist Suzanne Storey had the thrill of a lifetime this summer, taking part in the FIFA World Cup as a volunteer at Dallas Stadium.

She has been a soccer fan since being an exchange student in Dortmund, Germany. She stayed with a family that were huge soccer fans. In 2006, when Germany hosted the World Cup, she vacationed back in Dortmund and saw German flags everywhere.

“They hung from businesses. They hung from houses,” Storey recalled. “It was just amazing.”

She finally got to attend a German soccer game in 2021. When North America was chosen as the site for the World Cup. Being the soccer fan Storey is, she went into a local Nocona coffee house and asked the owner if she could come in and watch Dortmund soccer games. The owner was a huge soccer fan and agreed.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.