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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Bowie off this week

Published

11 years ago

09/30/2015

By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com

The Bowie High School football team suffered through another blowout loss on Friday – this time to Gunter.
Now the Jackrabbits have two weeks to prepare for the District 4-3A-I opener against Boyd, and the team should have Cayden Cox back at middle linebacker, head coach Dylan Stark reports.
“Cayden will be back,” he said.
Bowie will challenge Boyd on Oct. 9 at Jackrabbit Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
Bowie is coming off a defensive performance in which the Jackrabbits gave up a season-high 49 points. They allowed 8.73 yards per play.
What made the loss more troubling was the fact Bowie gave up plenty of big plays. Four of Gunter’s seven scoring plays covered at least 23 yards.
“It got away from us,” Stark said. “It was a play here, a play there. It was 21-14, and we gave up a big play right before halftime to make it 28-14.
“We gave up some big plays,” Stark continued. “Defensively, we have to get better, especially in third-down situations.”
Gunter converted on 7-of-12 third downs, and that was one reason why the Tigers were able to keep drives going and score so many points.
Stark said he’s been pleased with how the Jackrabbit offense has been able to move the ball.
Against Gunter, Bowie totaled 349 yards as Trace Hardee completed a season-best 18 passes for 219 yards with three touchdowns. Jeffery Howard caught six balls for 105 yards. Read more, and see the complete box score, in the mid-week Bowie News.

Bowie’s Chase Hall, shown here from a Sept. 11 game versus Henrietta, caught seven passes for 64 yards in Friday’s loss to Gunter. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.

No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.

With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Willett, Richey off to State

Published

3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.

Tyler Richey finished 2^nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9^th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3^rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4^th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.

Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6^th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8^th with a time of 3:30.76.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Fourteen track athletes head to State

Published

3 days ago

05/07/2026

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Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.

The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.

Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2^nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2^nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2^nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6^th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8^th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.