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Lady Rabbits beat down City View to move to 3-0
The Bowie Lady Rabbits were able to keep up their hot start to district play on Friday by dominating City View on the road with a suffocating defense and hustle.
The Lady Rabbits won big 69-18 in a game that after the opening minutes the Lady Mustangs were never in as Bowie moved on to 3-0 in district play.
City View came out and scored on their first shot on a drive to the basket and looked to be physical out of their 1-3-1 zone defense. Unfortunately for the Lady Mustangs, they were a little over eager and quickly started picking up silly fouls while the opening shot was not an omen for things to come offensively.
Bowie soundly started moving the ball one step ahead of the closing defenders until they got the shot they wanted. Taking advantage of the zone and fearing no City View player in transition, the Lady Rabbits crashed the offensive glass relentlessly as they racked up more offensive rebounds than the Lady Mustangs had total rebounds.
Bowie led 15-5 after the first quarter.
In the second quarter Coach Chuck Hall busted out the full-court press. This led to many steals and chances to score in transition, but the overall play kind of evolved into sloppy play from both teams. It did not matter much as the Lady Rabbits almost repeated the first quarter as they led 30-11 at halftime.
With the game in hand, Hall was free to empty his bench and get minutes for every player anytime he wanted in the second half. They continued to press and make good things happen as Bowie forced 18 steals in the game as a team.
Taking advantage of all the extra shots and playing time, the bench offered a spark in the second half that was not always there in the first half despite the outcome already decided.
As the fouls piled up for City View, the Lady Rabbits trips to the free throw line kept coming. Not a great free throw shooting team, Bowie’s 32 trips to the line produced 22 points, higher than their season average.
When the Lady Mustangs got in their half court offense, scoring only really came from drives to the basket that went in infrequently or the free throw line. Bowie would go on to win 69-18.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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