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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Bowie girls blast Burkburnett
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
The Bowie High School girls’ basketball team played with legs in quicksand during the first half of its season-opener on Tuesday at Conference 4A Burkburnett.
But, the team caught fire in the third quarter – pushing a nine-point lead into a 22-point bulge en route to a 68-36 victory.
“We got off to a slow start,” Bowie head coach Colby Davis-Pastusek said. “We made some adjustments to our defense, and played a much better second half.”
Davis-Pastusek said the Lady Rabbits spent practice time this week scoring inside against zone defense, and that helped as well.
“I was not happy with how we performed in our scrimmages living and dying by the 3-pointer,” the coach admitted.
Bowie stood at 1-0 heading into Friday’s game versus Stephenville at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The game is part of the “Court of Dreams” program from the Dallas Mavericks.
The Lady Rabbit guards were able to feed inside to the post players, and Brittney Pound and Addy Cook both totaled a team-best 18 points.
The first quarter was tight, and Burkburnett actually had a 13-12 lead before the score was deadlocked at 15-all after one.
The second quarter started out with some brilliant team work as Kamryn Cantwell stole a Burkburnett pass, fed Henslee Ogle upcourt and Courtney Brady finished the play off with a layup. See more, including the box score, and junior varsity result, in the Nov. 21 edition of The Bowie News.
River Romine (21) plays defense as the Lady Rabbits won 68-36 in their season-opening game at Burkburnett High School. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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