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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Bowie suffers letdown versus Boyd
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
The Bowie High School volleyball team was presented a golden opportunity to solidify its position as a playoff-bound team.
Boyd had other plans, and defeated the homestanding Lady Rabbits by scores of 25-19, 25-11, 25-20 in this District 3A-9 match.
With the win, Boyd forged ahead of Bowie in the standings at 6-3 while Bowie is on the outside looking in at 5-4. Overall, the Lady Rabbits are 20-14.
Holliday is the leader in 3A-9 by virtue of its victory over Holliday. Nocona is third in the district thanks to a victory over Boyd.
“We knew Boyd would be coming over to redeem their loss to us in the first round,” Bowie head coach Jeanie Stark said.
Stark said Boyd began picking up the pace.
“They were hitting at us from every angle,” Stark said. “Their setter was really moving the ball fast.”
Stark said the Lady Rabbits didn’t make adjustments when most every attack Addy Cook and Madison Little put down was dug up by Boyd’s concentrated defensive effort.
“We never matched their tempo, and never regained enough momentum to execute offensively,” the coach added. “This match just proves how very tough and competitive this district is, and you have to be ready to play every match.”
Bowie hit just .056 overall, with Little the team leader in kills with 11. Ivy Dennis was next with six kills, while Cook provided a season-low four with a negative attack percentage. See more, including the complete area roundup and district standings, in the mid-week Bowie News.
Bowie senior outside hitter Madison Little (17) goes for a kill. Little was the lone Lady Rabbit with double-digit kills in the match, putting down 11 of them. (Courtesy photo from Jim O’Neill)
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.
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 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th 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 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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