SPORTS
Oil Bowl basketball selections
The prestigious Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl will have its first all star basketball game since 2005 on Friday and three Bowie athletes were chosen to take part.
For the boys Kason Spikes and Keck Jones were selected to participate and for the girls Kamryn Cantwell.
The Oil Bowl is one of the longest running football all star games in the state, dating back to 1938. It had basketball from 1996-2005. The mission has always been to raise money to help kids with orthopedic and burn injuries. The net proceeds go to the Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Spikes had a number of postseason awards as he came up big when the Jackrabbits needed it most on the way to a state championship. Spikes was named co-district defensive Most Valuable Player and was named to both the all region and all state teams while making the game clinching free throws in the final seconds of the state championship game.
This will be Spikes second all star game as he was invited to play in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All Star game back in May.
Cantwell earned herself many post season awards as well after a stellar senior season. She was named to the all state and all region teams after earning district MVP. She averaged 20.3 points per game, 4.6 rebounds, 2 assists and 3.5 steals a game while shooting 49 percent from the field and 39 percent from 3-point land. She signed her letter of intent to play basketball at Souteastern Oklahoma State and has participated in four all star games.
Jones also is set to compete. As the point guard and captain of the state champion team, Jones sacrificed personal stats for team glory, sharing ball handling responsibilities with teammates while his shooting ability allowed him to play off the ball at times. The Oil Bowl basketball game is set to take place at 6 p.m. and the boy’s game at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at S.H. Rider High School in Wichita Falls.
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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