SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: All out ballin’
By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com
The Bowie High School boys’ basketball team will be opening its season on one of the grandest stages of them all.
The Jackrabbits will play Krum at 1 p.m. on Wednesday in the American Airlines Center, the second time these teams have played each other there in the past three seasons.
Nocona opens the season on Tuesday at Petrolia, which features the talented Dane Williams.
Saint Jo embarks on its journey with a rare Monday tip-off versus Grayson County Christian, as part of a girls-boys doubleheader.
Forestburg finally played its first game of the season on Friday at Perrin-Whitt.
Gold-Burg, Bellevue and Prairie Valley all captured their first victories of the season on Tuesday with the Bears topping Bryson, Bellevue eclipsing Poolville and Prairie Valley knocking off Christ Academy of Wichita Falls.
Both the Gold-Burg and Prairie Valley teams are under youthful first-year head coaches with Michael Ball leading the Bears and Zac Tabor piloting the Bulldogs.
Ball came to Gold-Burg from Conference 2A basketball powerhouse Martin’s Mill, where he was an assistant. Tabor was a student assistant at Midwestern State University last season.
Four of The Bowie News coverage area schools made the playoffs a year ago, with the Jackrabbits advancing the farthest – falling to Dallas Faith 39-32 at Justin Northwest High.
Bowie
Bowie needs to find scoring in the absence of graduates Chase Hall, Ezekiel Vaughan and Trace Hardee – plus the loss of Jeffery Howard due to injury.
It’s still unclear if Howard will be available for any portion of the season, and the Jackrabbit faithful are still holding out a chance.
Nocona
Like Bowie, Nocona must also compensate for the loss of a co-district most valuable player as Kameron Hill has graduated and now plays for Austin College.
Nocona (22-11) will field a talented lineup nevertheless with Brenton Vineyard, Marcus Carter, Riley McCasland, Jose Ogeda and Cade Breeze. The Indians are guard heavy.
Bellevue
Bellevue will replace the scoring touch of Jakob Watkins, but judging by a Nov. 15 victory over Poolville, the Eagles will have plenty of options.
The starting lineup features athletic post Layne Morris, power forward Michael Hanson and guards Gabriel Garza and Dalton DeBose.
Saint Jo
Brian Blank enters his third season guiding Saint Jo, coming off a tough year with a 5-21 overall record.
But there’s plenty of reason for hope in “The Jo” thanks to athletic players such as Blake Anderson, Preston Lyons and Bret Haney – all of whom are familiar with the coach’s up-tempo offense.
Prairie Valley
Lane Roof has developed into Prairie Valley’s primary scoring punch, and new coach Tabor is expected to lean on him heavily.
Tabor hopes to play an up-tempo style, attacking the basket, and employ a press defense.
Forestburg
The dean of boys’ basketball coaches in Montague County is 12-year veteran Steve Sandusky at Forestburg.
And he has another strong playoff contending group this season.
Gold-Burg
Anthony Rios is Gold-Burg’s version of Lane Roof, a player with definitive scoring abilities.
Rios will guide a Bears’ squad with a new coach in Ball and returning player Matthew Gilbert. Read more of this preview in the Nov. 19 Bowie News.
Bowie High School’s Keck Jones (22) dribbles upcourt during a Nov. 15 intrasquad scrimmage in the auxiliary gymnasium. The Jackrabbits open the season on Nov. 23 versus Krum at the American Airlines Center. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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