SPORTS
Bowie sports 2019 highlights
Starting at the beginning of the year, the Jackrabbits basketball programs continued their standard of excellence.
The Lady Rabbits finished third in the district to qualify for the playoffs where they would lose in the bi-district round to Jacksboro. The boy’s team would finish second in the district and make it to the area round before losing to Jim Ned.
Around the same time was the powerlifting team’s success. Both the boy’s and girl’s squads would finish second at the regional meet.
Beyond just team success, the Lady Rabbit team had five girls qualify for the state powerlifting meet in Waco: Jessie Henry, Chelsie Price, Carrington Davis, Emma and Sierra Skinner. The only senior, Davis, took home a sliver medal in the 181-pound weight class in her final meet.
Further in the spring, the boy’s golf team won its first district title in years to qualify for the regional tournament.
The tennis team also had some success in the spring, sending five players to the regional tournament. The mixed doubles team of Camberley Gunter and Victor Tran, the boy’s doubles team of Spencer Hopson and Zachary Logan and Jacqueline Hanna in girl’s singles all qualified.
In track, the boy’s track team won the district title for the second straight year while the girl’s team placed second. While many athletes on both teams qualified for the regional meet, the boys had two athletes, Daniel Mosley in the shot put and Logan Morman in the high jump, qualify for the state meet.
The senior heavy baseball team won several close district games on its way to finishing second overall. The Jackrabbits would then go on to win their bi-district matchup against Boyd before losing in the area round to Clyde. The team was also known for its various background skits during player interview videos posted to social media.
The softball team was much younger with only two senior starters on the team. The Lady Rabbits still rallied making the playoffs with much less fuss than the previous season. Bowie would meet state ranked Brock again the bi-district and would lose.
To read how the school did during fall, pick up a copy of 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.
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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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