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.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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