SPORTS
Bass club finishes fifth at Texoma
The second tournament of the Metroplex Division for the 2024-25 Texas High School Bass Association took place at Lake Texoma on Oct. 5.
The Bowie Red River High School Bass club had seven teams compete with six of those teams bringing fish across the scales.
This tournament proved to be another tough one for the youth and the boat captains. Weather was still warm and big fish had not moved up into the pockets and coves that they normally do this time of year. Water temps were over 80 degrees, which is not very conducive to making the fish bite. Bait could be found, but no great numbers of scorable bass.
Teams started fishing at 7 a.m. with lines out of the water by 3 p.m. It was a 134 boat tournament and gave prizes to 19th place. The overall winning weight went for more than 12 pounds to a team from Highland Park.
There were 63 teams that weighed fish while 71 were not fortunate enough to cross the stage, so only 47% of the teams weighed in a fish.
The team of Carson Caudle/Hunter Blackburn with boat captain Nick Bilby had four fish weighing in at 7.63 pounds and secured an 8th place finish.
The team of Lane Smith/Colt Henry and boat captain Jimmy Smith settled in at 10th place with a weight of 6.87 pounds on four fish.
Coming in at 37th was Stetson Forsyth/Samuel Grubbs and captain Jake Forsyth with two fish at 2.49 pounds. Walker Strahan/Bryce Ramsey with boat captain Terry Baker brought one fish across the stage for a weight of 2.32 pounds and 45th place.
Sy Parker/Colten Anglin and boat captain Jeff Pittman brought in one fish for 2.15 pounds for 51st place. Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Gary Eldred were able to secure one fish for 1.62 pounds for 62nd place.
Unfortunately, Ollie Haynie/Jaxon Rosenau and boat captain John Haynie were not able to find any of the fish they caught to measure the minimum 14 inches.
The Red River HS Bass Club finished in 2nd place at the Texoma tournament which gives it a ranking of 5th for Team of Year out of 28.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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