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Dave Campbell Magazine predicts county football districts
“Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine” for the 2025 season has come out.
The magazine is affectionately known as the “Bible” of Texas High School football since nowhere else is the more than 700 football teams previewed all in one place.
Questionnaires are sent to every coach in the state and their answers or lack thereof, influence what the staff eventually put into each team’s short blurb.
Not all information is accurate since the questionnaires are sent out during the spring.
Coaches and players move on during the summer sometimes, changing a team’s expectations heading into the season. Players change positions during the season from what they were expected to play in the spring.
Still, it’s the only preview on that scale, where the 6A defending state champs are previewed as well as a six-man football team that is hoping to field enough players heading into the season within the same magazine.
Along with that, district and regional predictions are made, putting on record the first general outside predictions for teams that can either put high expectations on them or fuel them to prove everyone wrong.
Bowie is the biggest school in Montague County, playing in 3A Division I. In district four, the Jackrabbits are picked to finish sixth out of seven teams in the district. Bowie is coming off a 5-5 record and just missed making the playoffs last year after going 2-4 in district play. The Jackrabbits will again use the prediction as fuel as Bowie hopes to break the playoff drought, which dates back to 2017.
For Nocona, the Indians play in 2A Division I in district six. The Indians are also picked to finish sixth in a seven team district. Nocona is coming off a tough 1-9 season that saw a ton of players injured throughout.
The young team hopes it can only go up from there after several freshman were moved up throughout the season to play key roles. That along with a new coach will hopefully get the Indians back on track after making the playoffs the previous two seasons.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly 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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