SPORTS
Football scrimmages today
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
Bowie High School head football coach Dylan Stark paid a special visit to the Lions Club in the meeting room at Ozona National Bank on Thursday afternoon.
Stark discussed coming events, including today’s scrimmage against Bridgeport. The first play will run at 9 a.m.
Both the Jackrabbits first- and second-team varsity units will run through a series of plays in both eight- and 10-minute increments. The junior varsity and freshman units will scrimmage starting at 10:45 p.m.
“We’re going to treat it like it’s a practice,” Stark said.
The most important part of the scrimmage for Stark is to see the Jackrabbits get better.
Stark said Bridgeport will be “ready to go,” especially after the Bulls just endured a winless season.
All Montague County football coaches agreed that the scrimmages will be used as an evaluation period and see if the players are in the proper positions to make plays.
“It’s going to be good to get out there and see how we will do against someone else,” Saint Jo head coach Chad Tallon said. “We’ll be able to get some good looks, and good reps (repetitions).”
Saint Jo’s scrimmage took place on Friday night against Westlake Academy, a private school in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
Teams will participate in 40 plays, with both first- and second-teams getting looks.
Gold-Burg will play host to Wichita Notre Dame at 9 a.m. Read more in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.
Bowie’s Cristian Martinez takes a handoff during a practice from early August. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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