SPORTS
Championship coach joins Hall of Honor
Wanda Edwards, coach of the 1955 state championship Lady Rabbits is the fall inductee for the Bowie High School Hall of Honor presented by the Bowie Boosters. Due to ill health Edwards will be unable to attend, but her sister-in-law and nephew will be accepting on her behalf. A reception honoring the new inductee will take place at 6 p.m. on Sept. 21 in the high school cafeteria. The public is invited. The inductee also will be introduced during half-time ceremonies.
By Carol Ann Smith MacDonald
Born Too Earlv
Often the phrase used when talking about Wanda Edwards is “Born too early.”
Coach Wanda Edwards spent a lifetime in education coaching, teaching and as an administrator.
Born before the landmark Title IX and almost before NACCA incorporated women’s basketball in 1982. Born too early when the prevailing thought existed sports weren’t for women. Born too early in a time that colleges used
benefactors of the business community for scholarships and funding.
Colleges that had women’s programs hired players out of high school by the sponsoring company, these young women worked during the day, but of course, their job was basketball. The exception was Wayland College.
Named All State in both AAU and TAF competition in high school her list of honors earned in her lifetime is impressive. Being born too early didn’t stop her from becoming an all-around sports figure and a successful educator.
At age 16 at Poly in Fort Worth, her Coach Pat Clifford, said of Wanda, “She can kick a football further than most boys,” and her physical education teacher said, “She is good at anything she tackles.”
Wanda was determined to engage in her love-playing sports. In the early 1950s, when Wayland’s Coach Harley Redin was at the helm, Edwards traveled to Plainview to try out for the only college that offered a place for women to play college basketball and was greeted with a super dust storm.
Wanting no more of the dust, she came home and entered Texas Wesleyan College. She was quickly offered the opportunity to play for Tandy Motorettes, a team put together by the Fort Worth Texas Parks and Recreation. The team had other names through the years – Tandy Leatherettes and Wooten Motorettes.
Edwards may have been born too early, but as an 18-year old freshman at Texas Wesleyan she broke a new barrier.
Read the full story in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.
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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