SPORTS
BHS Bass Club competes at state championship meet
Three teams from the Bowie High School Bass Club held their own in a fiercely competitive state championship tournament on Saturday and Sunday at Lake Sam Rayburn.
The BHS Bass Club finished 36 out of 104 schools with a total of 46.84 pounds caught. To say the competition was tough would be an understatement as the two-day tournament saw all 221 teams catch fish, an unusual feat.
“The entire field caught a fish,” said Boat Captain Rusty Edwards. “That’s what happens when you take good fishermen and put them on the number one bass lake in the nation. I am extremely proud of all the kids. They have been through a lot together and learned a lot.”
Bowie fisherman Jeremy Stone caught four fish for 10.34 pounds on day one and five for 11.37 on day two for a total of 21.72 pounds.
Ian Ashley and Hunter Pullen caught one fish for 3.19 pounds on day one and five for 13.23 on day two for a total of 17.42 pounds.
Blake Allen and Will Hamilton caught three for 8.71 pounds on day one but experienced mechanical difficulties on day two to end the competition with a total of 8.71 pounds.
While fishing conditions were excellent during the competition, Edwards said they were lucky to get off the water on Sunday just before a big storm blew in.
“It was a good way to wrap up a good year,” said Edwards. “It was a great weekend and great conditions. We caught a butt load of fish, we were just unfortunate not to find the big ones. I am proud to see them grow and I look forward to next year.”
The club looks forward to next season, but will be in need of additional boat captains.
If interested in volunteering as a captain, contact Toni Stone at 940-689-2925.
To read more, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs had a good final non-district warm-up on Friday at home against Ector.
The Eagles beat the Bulldogs 69-63 in a game where Prairie Valley was trying to play catch up all the way through.
The Bulldogs were coming off a tough tournament at Electra the previous week to try and knock the holiday rust off. Prairie Valley was familiar with Ector, having played the team to start its season back in early November and was hoping to compete better than it did in that first game.
The Eagles came out firing, splashing five 3-pointers, including several deep ones, to go out to a 21-8 lead in the first quarter. Even with the Bulldogs changing out of their preferred zone defense, the 3-pointers continued a bit and opened things up inside the arc.
Thankfully, Prairie Valley’s offense came alive in the second quarter, scoring 18 points and cutting the lead down to 38-26 at halftime.
The third quarter was more of the same, though a different player for Ector started to get hot from beyond the arc. Even as the Bulldogs were able to keep up their offensive production from the second quarter, they could not break through and cut the game to single-digits, trailing 54-42 heading into the final period.
The fourth quarter saw Prairie Valley break through to cut it the lead to single-digits, but just not close enough. Every time the Bulldogs were on the cusp of making it a one or two basket game, the Eagles would make a shot to keep that distance.
In the end, the final score was the closest Prairie Valley got as Ector won 69-63.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians bounced back with a competitive district win at Petrolia on Friday.
The Indians won 60-53 against the Pirates in a game where the middle quarters took drastic swings in momentum.
Nocona was coming off its first district loss against Windthorst as the team sat a 1-1 district record.
Petrolia came into the game at 0-1, but had a bit more time to prepare for the game.
The first quarter was competitive, but the Indians were able to get to the free throw line at will and led 16-11.
Then Nocona’s pressure defense turned up its intensity in the second quarter.
“Our pressure seemed to disrupt them and we were able to get out in transition after forcing turnovers,” Coach Brody Wilson said.
Nocona scored 25 points and led 41-25 at halftime.
Unfortunately, that intensity did not keep up at the start of the third quarter for Nocona.
The Indians took their foot off the gas a little bit which allowed Petrolia’s offense to get back into the game and make up some of the deficit.
The Pirates outscored Nocona 15-7 and trailed only 48-40 heading into the final period.
Thankfully, the Indians bounced back and competed a bit better in the fourth quarter. Nocona was able to keep offensive pace to keep Petrolia at a bit of a distance instead of making it a one score game.
The Indians held on to win 60-53.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly Bowie News.
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