SPORTS
2024 HS sports year in review: Bowie
The Bowie athletic program started the year with its powerlifting program sending three lifters to compete at the state meet.
The Lady Rabbits had two compete, Kinley Russell and Jordan Vaught. Lifting in the 3A Division I field, Vaught finished fourth in her weight class to bring home a medal in her last meet. Russell also lifted in her last meet as she finished in eighth place.
The boy’s powerlifting team sent one to state. While Robert Zambrano failed to place after not completing all three of his lifts, it was still a great accomplishment.
The next big thing was the Bowie golf program continuing to be great. The Lady Rabbits team finished second at district and qualified for the regional meet where they placed 10th overall.
The boy’s golf team made it back to the state tournament for the second straight year and repeated getting a bronze medal in the 3A classification. The last two years are the best finishes in program history.
In track and field, Bowie had one athlete make it back to the state meet for his second straight year. Tucker Jones competed in the 110 meter hurdles in the 3A classification where he finished in eighth place in his final meet.
Other track athletes who did well were Tyler Richey and Case Curry competing at the regional meet in the pole vault finals, where Richey got fourth and Curry got seventh. Russell Anderson also ran in the 400 meter prelims.
To close out the spring season and the school year, the Bowie baseball team made it to the playoffs, earning the final playoff spot in the district. Unfortunately, the team bowed out to state-ranked Brock in the bi-district round of the playoffs to end the school year.
The fall season highlight was the boy’s cross country team finishing second and qualifying for the regional meet. The Jackrabbits were only six points away from qualifying for the state meet as a team.
Fortunately, Gold-Burg transfer Isaac Renteria was able to qualify for the 3A state meet where he finished 25th overall in his last cross country meet.
The final highlight for Bowie came in December when the Bowie High School Soccer Club had both the boy’s and girl’s teams play their first games.
To see pictures and highlights from other schools, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Bellevue basketball teams both played in the playoffs for the first time in several years. The Lady Eagles finished fourth in the district to qualify after missing the previous season. In the bi-district round, Bellevue had to play the eventual state champs Newcastle.
The Eagles also finished fourth, though they played Saint Jo in a play-in game for third place. Bellevue then had to play state-ranked Graford in the bi-district round before ending its season.
The spring season saw Bellevue bring back its baseball program after many years.
While the team struggled during its initial season, it is a step in the first step for a program that hopes to compete well in the near future. In golf, the Lady Eagles ended up winning the district title to qualify for the regional tournament.
In the fall, both of Bellevue’s cross country teams finished second at district and qualified for regionals.
There, Mattie Broussard was able to qualify for the state meet individually after winning the regional title.
At state, Broussard came in ninth place to earn a medal.
To see pictures and highlights from all of the area schools, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Prairie Valley program had a good spring to start 2024. In tennis Case Carpenter qualified for regionals after finishing second at the district meet in boy’s singles. In golf, the Lady Bulldogs team finished second at the district tournament to qualify for regionals.
To cap off the spring season, Linzie Priddy qualified for the state track meet in the 800 meter race, where she placed ninth overall.
The fall season saw the Lady Bulldogs finish second in district to qualify for the playoffs. In the bi-district round, Prairie Valley held on to beat Vernon Northside in five sets to continue its season one more game. In the area round, the Lady Bulldogs lost to Garner.
In cross country, the program had one boy and one girl qualify for the state meet for the second straight year.
Josh Stout was running at state for the second time and he improved on his first appearance as she placed 29th. Priddy, running at the state cross country meet for her third time, finished 84th.
To see pictures and highlights from all of the area schools, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Gold-Burg athletic program had a good spring with two girls qualifying for regionals in tennis. Jimena Garcia and Alyson Rojas placed first and second in girls singles at the district meet to move on.
In track and field, the Bears had Isaac Renteria qualify for the state meet for the second straight year. He finished in fourth place in the 3200 meter race.
In the fall season, the football team had one of its best seasons in school history. The team rebounded from losing its first three games of the season to winning the district title and its bi-district playoff game against Woodson. The Bears then lost to Oakwood in the area round.
To see pictures and highlights from all of the area schools, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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