SPORTS
Lady Horns’ offense explodes on Lady Bears
A first half barrage from the Forestburg Lady Horns left no one safe on Friday night, including the visiting Gold-Burg Lady Bears.
Forestburg won 60-36 thanks to the strength of a first half offensive explosion that saw the Lady Horns score 42 points.
It seemed like everything Forestburg shot went in. The Lady Horns scored 11 points before the Lady Bears scored their first basket two minutes into the game, already sinking three three-pointers and scoring on a drive.
Gold-Burg struggled to score against Forestburg’s zone defense as they elected to shoot over the defense and then do their best to crash the offensive glass, but they had limited success.
The Lady Horns led 19-5 on the strength of four three-pointers heading into the second quarter.
Forestburg was not done. Despite only one three-pointer made in the quarter, the Lady Horns out did their first quarter effort by scoring 23 points in the quarter.
The hot shooting forced Gold-Burg to switch to man-to-man defense so Forestburg started finding cutters to the basket and driving lanes.
Also, the Lady Horns inserted big Morgan Miller in the quarter and she dominated using her size to make easy uncontested baskets at the rim, scoring six points.
The game was essentially over as Forestburg led 42-8 heading into halftime.
The Lady Horns could not top the offensive performance from the first half while the Lady Bears seemed to double down on their strategy to throw up open shots and do their best to grab offensive rebounds.
Freshman Kelly Contreras from Gold-Burg got hot in the second half as she got the free throw line in the third quarter and knocked in four three-pointers in the fourth quarter.
This helped the final score be more respectable than the halftime score would lead people to believe as Forestburg won 60-36.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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
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.
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.
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