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.
In its’ second consecutive playoff trip, Bowie’s volleyball team gave it a valiant effort against San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy. The Eagles proved to be too much with an athletic frontcourt proving too much in a 3-0 win (25-20,25-21,25-18) Oct. 29 at Breckenridge High.
Bowie led midway though all three sets but the Eagles were able to come from behind and pull out the win.
The Eagles got out quickly with a 5-0 lead in the opener. The Lady Rabbits showed some gumption and stormed right back with a Taelyn Webb dink breaking serve. Junior Molly Enlow rolled off four points to knot the game at five. KP Rutherford’s kil kept the drive alive.
Olivia Stewart’s kill set the stage for Serenity Klump’s three-point string. Frontcourt work by Ellie Mowery and Stewart allowed Bowie to take a 10-9 lead. Bowie maintained the lead thanks to dinks by Abby Reneau and Stewart, which forced the Eagles into a timeout.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
In its first playoff game of 2026, Saint Jo took control after a slow start and wound up cruising past Garner 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-16) in a Class A area round game Nov. 2.
The Lady Panthers will face Strawn, which swept Crowell in the area round, next. No further details were available as of press time.
The Lady Longhorns showed they were ready to play in the early going, getting out to a 9-4 lead in game one. Saint Jo broke serve and used a pair of Kamron Skidmore points, aided by Savannah Hill kills on both points to get within one.
Garner led by six midway through the set before Hill’s five-point serving run, helped along by a Skidmore kill to draw within 13-14. A Skidmore kill was followed by two Skidmore points, including an ace, to tie the game at 19.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Several county schools will have runners at the state cross country meet Nov. 7 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock.
Bowie, which qualified for regionals with a 3rd place finish at the District 6-3A Meet, will have both Brayden Willett and Kellen Rater, who finished in the top 10 individually. Willett finished 3rd in the Class 3A Region I Meet in Lubbock with a time of 16:17.20. Kellen Rater finished 10th with a time of 16:51.60.
Other Rabbits competing were Hayden Cox with a time of 18:56.30, Hayden Sutton in 19:41.60, Taven Melton in 19:59.20. Coleman Holloway in 20:26.80and Jaxon Castro in 20:56.10.
The top 10 individuals and top four teams from each region qualify for State.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
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