SPORTS
Lady Rabbits beat Chico, Millsap
The Bowie volleyball team hosted Chico and Millsap on Tuesday night as the Lady Rabbits work through their pre-district schedule.
Bowie won both matches against the Lady Dragons and the Lady Bulldogs, dropping only one set across both matches.
The Lady Rabbits first played Chico. Bowie controlled all three sets throughout. While the Lady Dragons hung around, the Lady Rabbits won by comfortable margins all three sets, winning with scores 25-17, 25-15 and 25-20.
The match against Millsap proved to be tougher. Bowie fell behind in the first set 20-15. The Lady Rabbits made up some ground, but ran out of points to catch up, losing by the smallest margin 25-23.
With the momentum it got at the end of set one, Bowie started well in set two thanks to some good serving. The Lady Rabbits biggest lead was 17-8 at one point.
The Lady Bulldogs would not go quietly, storming back and cutting the lead to two points 21-19.
Bowie would not collapse though, finishing the set strong on a 4-1 run to win the set 25-20 and tie the match 1-1.
Millsap started the third set well, taking control of the lead early. The Lady Rabbits were hanging around, but the Lady Bulldogs lead seemed to grow a little bit at a time until they the lead was 20-15 like in the first set.
Bowie made up ground again, only this time it came out on top. Thanks to some great serving and overall solid play during this stretch, the Lady Rabbits ended the set on a 10-3 run to win 25-23 and take 2-1 lead.
With how back and forth the match had been, Bowie would need to play a strong set four to eliminate any hope of Millsap coming back to win the match in five sets.
The Lady Rabbits got off to the best start of the match, up 9-1 in the opening 10 points. The Lady Bulldogs did close the gap to 12-8 respectively, but that would be all the fight left in them.
Bowie’s lead would continue to grow again as it coasted to the finish line as Millsap just could not mount any threatening offense. The Lady Rabbits won 25-15 to win the match 3-1.
Bowie next travels to Bridgeport to play at 6 p.m. on Sept. 1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The 19th annual Bullfest came to the county on May 4, hosted at the Saint Jo Rodeo Arena. With bulls provided Big L Rodeo Company, Locke Bucking Bulls and more, it attracted many great riders, both local and farther away. In the end, it was Colby Deel from Jacksboro who won the the senior division round. The junior division winner was Ringo Stummer from Mountain Springs.
To see more photos, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
With the track season firmly over this year, one school went out of its way to encourage its athletes to not only improve on their totals, but set some school records this season.
Brenna Briles set the school record in the girl’s high jump (5-4), triple jump (33 feet), 100 meters (13.11) and the 200 meters (27.87).
Kayden Dill set the school record boy’s 100 meters (11.08) and 200 meters (23.47). Tye Reid set the boy’s 110 meter hurdles record at 18.7 seconds. Jesse Wadsworth set the boy’s 800 meters record with a time of 2:06.
Some relay teams also set some records. The boy’s 4×100 meter team of Jeremiah Perez, Kyler Willett, Will Johnson and Dill set the record with the time of 45.29 seconds.
The 4×400 meter relay team with Christian Binanti, Johnson, Willett and Wadsworth ran a time of 3:40.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs will be seeing a new face around the gym and fields next fall with the hiring of a new Athletic Director and Head Coach, Kent Caruthers.
Caruthers will be replacing Coach Seth Stephens, who has accepted a coaching job in LaPoynor, moving closer to his family and hometown. Although Coach Stephens will be missed after six years of being a part of the Prairie Valley family, Coach Caruthers will step into his new role with a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Coach Caruthers has coached basketball, football, volleyball, cross country, track and golf.
He has a well-rounded background, which makes him the perfect candidate for a 1A coaching position.
He comes, most recently, from Matagorda where he was the athletic director, boys basketball, volleyball, and track coach.
He spent the majority of his coaching career at Tolar, where he was the head boys basketball coach, defensive coordinator for the varsity football team and head golf coach.
His record and experience speak for themselves, but when asked why he felt led to apply for this position, he said that the move north is all about coaching good kids.
His coaching philosophy revolves around hard work, stating “A winner is someone who recognizes their God-given talents, works their tail off developing the talents into skills and uses these skills to accomplish their goals.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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