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FISHING NOTEBOOK: Bowie anglers trek to Sanger

Published

10 years ago

03/16/2016

The Bowie High School fishing team will be in action on March 19 as the Texas High School Bass Association West Division season rolls on.
All three Bowie two-person teams will compete – Mitch Sanders and Jared Stone, Lane Hopson and Hadley Morgan and Jeremy Stone and Kollin Gillaspia – at Lake Ray Roberts in rural Sanger.
Hopson and Morgan are currently fifth in the field of 223 teams for angler of the year. Sanders and Stone are 16th and Gillaspia and Stone in the top-third of the list as well.
Overall, Bowie sits ninth in the team of the year standings. The Jackrabbits have totaled 275 points, which is only 21 points away from a first-place tie with Arlington and Keller.
Boat check will begin as early as 4 a.m., at Ray Roberts Marina.

Brown trout returns

In March, the Guadalupe River Chapter of Trout Unlimited will stock about 900 brown trout averaging 14 inches in the Canyon Dam tailrace.
Canyon Dam is located 24 miles north of New Braunfels. The tailrace itself extends 14 miles downstream of Canyon Dam on the Guadalupe River.
Brown trout are popular with anglers, and can survive in slightly higher water temperatures. Read more in the March 16 Bowie News.

Mitch Sanders will be in action, competing at the Lake Ray Roberts fishing tournament on Saturday in Sanger. (Courtesy photo)

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Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

6 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

6 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

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6 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.