SPORTS
Prairie Valley beats Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears hosted Prairie Valley on Tuesday in an important district matchup.
Despite the Lady Bears home court advantage, the Lady Bulldogs won 3-1 in a match that means almost more than district standings due to the two teams sharing a county.
The first set was all Prairie Valley as the Lady Bulldogs got out to an 8-2 start. Gold-Burg had spurts of scoring, but never could make up that margin and cut the score close. The Lady Bulldogs won 25-12.
The second set saw the Lady Bears have a more competitive start trailing 6-4, but Prairie Valley’s lead continued to grow little by little 9-6 and 12-8.
From there the Lady Bulldog’s serving did a number on Gold-Burg’s serve-receive game. Prairie Valley pulled away even more as it won the second set 25-11.
The third set looked destined to be the last as the Lady Bulldogs started it off strong and led 7-3.
The Lady Bears turned things around as they came back to tie the score at 10-10. Their powerful serves gave Prairie Valley some trouble and more of the long rallies started to go Gold-Burg’s way.
The Lady Bears took the control of the lead 14-11 and did not relinquish it. Prairie Valley cut the lead to 21-19, but Gold-Burg got on a hot streak at the right time to close out the set, winning 25-21.
Unfortunately for the Lady Bears, the Lady Bulldogs came back strong in the fourth set.
Prairie Valley jumped out to an 8-2 lead early in the set. This time, there would be no Gold-Burg comeback to make it close
The Lady Bulldogs were in control and never let the Lady Bears back into the set as they won 25-16 to win the match.
These two teams soon meet again on Oct. 3. Before that, Prairie Valley hosts Archer City at 5 p.m. on Sept. 29. Gold-Burg hosts Harrold at 5 p.m. on Sept. 29.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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