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Bowie loses to district leader Holliday
The Bowie Lady Rabbits started the second round of district play losing to the top team in the district Holliday at home on Friday.
The Lady Rabbits lost in straight sets against the Lady Eagles, with no sets really being that competitive.
Bowie played a good first 25 points in the first set, trailing only 13-12 and hanging tight with the fast-paced Holliday team. Unfortunately, everything started to unravel from there as the Lady Eagles went on an 8-2 run. From there, Holliday coasted to the finish winning 25-15.
The second set started competitive early on tied 5-5, but the Lady Eagles quickly went on a 7-3 run to open up the lead. The Lady Rabbits could never really close the gap, but did a better job of keeping pace. Holliday won by the comfortable margin 25-17 to go up 2-0.
Bowie did show it could compete with this team in the first matchup a few weeks back, even winning a set off the Lady Eagles who only dropped one other set during district play.
The third set is usually prime for a team to at least steal a set off a team in a loss when it is down 2-0. Unfotunately, Bowie did not bring the needed level of energy to play in the third set.
Holliday went up 9-1 to start the set off as the Lady Rabbits hitting errors just kept piling up against the Lady Eagles defense. Bowie eventually started playing.
Down eight points against a good team, the set was toast from there barred a complete meltdown from Holliday that never came. The Lady Eagles won 25-14 to win the match.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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