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Lady Eagles face-off against Bowie
The Montague Lady Eagles came to Bowie on Tuesday and won against both the seventh and eighth grade A teams.
The Lady Eagles won against the seventh grade team in straight sets while the match against the eighth grade team went to three sets.
The first set the seventh grade Lady Cottontails initially hung with Montague.
Eventually the Lady Eagles took control serving as Railey Martin finished out the final seven points for Montague to win 25-12.
The second set was more competitive early on with the score locked at 10-10. After that though, the Lady Eagles took control going on a 9-1 run. Bowie could not answer back as Montague won 25-16 to win the match.
The match against the Lady Cottontails eighth grade team was a bit more competitive. Bowie was in control from the beginning of the first set up 7-3. The Lady Eagles closed to within two points 11-9, but the Lady Cottontails extended their lead to a commanding 21-14 lead.
Montague stormed back to cut the lead to 24-21, but it looked like Bowie was going to close out the set. Miracoulosly, the Lady Eagles came back to tie the set at 25-25.
From there it was back and forth for the next nine points as both teams had a chance at set point, but neither could go up by two points.
In the end it did not matter. Montague won the set 30-29 since junior high rules do not allow sets to continue past that score.
The second set saw the Lady Cottontails again get out to a big lead early up 8-2. The Lady Eagles again came back to cut the score within two points 11-9.
From there Bowie won nine of the next 10 points thanks to Cailyn Johns powerful serves to go up 20-10.
The Lady Cottontails did not allow Montague to come back this time as they won the set 25-14 to force a third and final set.
There was no dramatic ending to the match. The Lady Eagles Ava Johnson got hot from the service line and helped Montague win 10 straight points that powered the team to win 15-4 in the third set to win the match.
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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