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STORM CENTER COLUMN: Boxell marks off milestone win
Bowie High School second-year head boys’ basketball coach Doug Boxell experienced a milestone on Thursday at the Decatur Tournament.
Boxell earned his 700th win as the Jackrabbits defeated Azle 54-35.
It has been a remarkable journey for Boxell, and it all started with his first career win while coaching Santo back in 1985.
“I’ve been in long enough to coach a lot of good kids,” Boxell said. “Good things have happened, and I’m thankful.”
Longevity and success have gone hand-in-hand for Boxell.
Under Boxell’s tutelage, the Jackrabbits are 8-2 as they continued play at the Decatur Tournament on Friday.
Boxell said he didn’t want to single out any one of his former players, citing that he’s enjoyed coaching all of them.
This has been quite the week for Boxell, who coached against his son, Zach, for the second time in as many years this past Tuesday as the Jackrabbits played Conference 3A No. 1 Brock.
Basketball is a family sport for the Boxells.
Layne Boxell, another one of Doug’s sons, is the head boys’ basketball coach at Tatum. Lance Boxell is the head girls’ basketball coach at Lovejoy in Lucas.
Isaiah Boxell is currently serving as a volunteer assistant coach at Eastern Nazarene College, which is located in Quincy, Mass.
Boxell’s wife, Jeananne, can be seen on the sidelines of every single Bowie game working with the statistics program on an Apple-based device. Read the remainder of this column in the weekend Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Brock High School head boys’ basketball coach Zach Boxell (left) and Bowie head coach Doug Boxell, Zach’s father, take time out for a photo during Tuesday’s non-district game between the Eagles and Jackrabbits at BHS gymnasium. Doug coached Zach to a state championship while the pair were at Santo in 1990. Click on the image for the complete photo. (News photo by Blake Wood)
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.
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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.
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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.
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