SPORTS
Bulldogs beat Pirates 64-52
The Prairie Valley boy’s basketball team returned from the Thanksgiving break on Tuesday at home facing a tough Petrolia team.
The Bulldogs took control early and did not relinquish the lead all night, winning 64-52.
Prairie Valley started the game with a half-court trap defense that forced turnovers and kept the Pirates from being able to settle down. The Bulldogs led 8-1 midway through the first quarter and 16-7 at the end of the quarter.
Unfortunately, the physical trapping led to a lot of fouls called on Prairie Valley and the Bulldogs had to abandon it. Petrolia settled down and started executing, using their superior size to score inside.
Prairie Valley got a little sloppy with the ball some during this period, allowing the Pirates to close the gap to 29-24 heading into halftime.
The Bulldogs started the third quarter better, knocking down two three-pointers to keep Petrolia at bay. The Pirates got within five 37-32 with a little less than three minutes to go in the third quarter.
The Bulldogs bench closed the quarter out strong and Prairie Valley’s lead went to double digits 44-33 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Pirates hung around in the fourth as the Bulldogs could not put them away for good at any point. The lead never went below eight points, but the possibility of a couple of quick baskets turning the game around was always possible.
Still, Prairie Valley closed the game out strong, going on to win 64-52.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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