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BASEBALL: Workman having strong season

Published

9 years ago

04/27/2017

Could former Bowie High School standout pitcher Brandon Workman be on his way back to Boston?
Soon, if the Pawtucket PawSox pitcher continues throwing the way he did in Wednesday’s 4-0 victory.
Workman earned his first hold of the season, pitching two scoreless innings and recording five strikeouts.
He threw 26 pitches, with 19 of them for strikes (73 percent).
Workman has walked one and allowed one hit while striking out 10 in seven innings of work so far during the 2017 season. Opposing batters are hitting just .048 against Brandon.
It’s another positive step for Workman, who is nearly two years removed from Tommy John surgery.
According to a report by Christopher Smith from Masslive.com, Red Sox manager John Farrell reported Workman has experienced a “slight uptick in velocity.” Brandon was throwing in the high-80s during spring training.
Farrell complimented him in other areas, especially with how consistent his curveball has been.
“That is the one pitch that has taken probably even more of a step forward than what we saw in spring training,” Farrell told Smith. “He’s gradually putting himself right back in the mix to be a strong candidate here.”
The city of Bowie had a Brandon Workman Day in appreciation of his performance in the 2013 World Series. He pitched a scoreless inning in Game Six to propel the Boston Red Sox to the title over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Brandon Workman. (Courtesy photo from Boston Red Sox media relations)

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Norwood new Bowie boys hoop coach

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4 days ago

04/30/2026

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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

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Nocona softball falls to Archer City

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4 days ago

04/30/2026

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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.

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Lady Rabbits win bi-district

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4 days ago

04/30/2026

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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.