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.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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