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Lady Rabbits face state-ranked tests

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The Bowie girls basketball team played lost games on Monday and Tuesday against state-ranked teams on the road.
The Lady Rabbits lost 73-40 against top-ranked 2A team Muenster and 54-45 against 11th ranked Ponder.
Bowie came in trying to play their trapping zone against the Lady Hornets, who elected to shoot over the zone and never looked back.
Muenster hit well and often from 3-point range from the start, leading 21-5 after the first quarter. The Lady Rabbits offense was slow to get going against the staunch Lady Hornets halfcourt defense.
While Muenster’s offense only slowed down in the fourth quarter, Bowie’s 16 points in the second quarter was the highlight, with almost half the team’s total points coming during the period.
Abbi Gamblin led the team with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Jayci Logan was second with eight points while leading the team with two blocks and three steals. Taygon Jones led the team with three assists.
With Muenster knocking in more 3-pointers (17) than the Lady Rabbits total field goals (16) it was too much to overcome.
Tuesday’s game was a much better pill to swallow. With wins against state-ranked teams Brock and Argyle, along with a triple overtime loss to Decatur already this season, the Lady Lions were going to be a tough test.
Ponder’s full-court press and rapid substitution pattern is also similar to how Bowie wants to play.
The Lady Lions led after the first quarter 14-11, but the Lady Rabbits kept it close heading into halftime trailing only 30-29.
Bowie built a five-point lead late into the third quarter as it looked like it was about to gain control of the game. Unfortunately, Ponder came back and retook the lead 41-39 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Rabbits had trouble scoring many points trying to retake the lead while the Lady Lions continued to score a consistent rate. A strong finish from Ponder led to the final score.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Bowie Sports Banquet

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The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.

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Chisholm Trail Rodeo entertains crowd

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A steer wrestler gets a good grip as he comes off his horse to get the steer on the ground. (Photo by Benjimen Barker from J Bar S Photography)

The 72nd Chisholm Trail Rodeo was a big success on Friday and Saturday nights at Nocona.
The rodeo had big crowds and saw some good competition from both local and far reaching talent.
Winners in the events included Zach Hibler in bareback riding, Lindsey Muggli in barrel racing, Ashley Goforth in breakaway roping, Leanardo Lima in bull riding, Cody McCartney in calf roping, Thomas Moellering in ranch bronc riding, Wacey Hathcock in saddle bronc riding, Renato Finazzi in steer wrestling, Rowdy Jones and Rance Doyal in team roping.

To see full results and more pictures, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Saint Jo pair heading back to state tennis

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Saint Jo girl’s doubles team Kyler Dunn and Taylor Patrick won the 1A region III tournament to earn a second straight trip to state. (Courtesy photo)

The regional tennis tournaments were late last week in North Richland Hills and a doubles team is moving on to state.
The Saint Jo girl’s doubles team Kyler Dunn and Taylor Patrick won the 1A region III tournament and will return to state for the second straight year.
The pair rolled through teams from Morgan, Dodd City, Priddy before beating a Graford team in the finals. The pair did not lose a set and only lost five of the 53 games it played, never losing more than one in a set.
The team made it to state last year after finishing second at regionals and won a match at the state meet against a team from Vernon Northside. They then lost to the eventual state champion team from Utopia and finished tied for third place.
They will be the only tennis players from Montague County playing at state this week as others did not have as successful regional tournament.
The Saint Jo teammates and fellow girl’s doubles team Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson won their first match against Ector 6-1, 6-4, but fell in their next match against Lometa, 6-1, 6-1.
From Prairie Valley, Case Carpenter was competing in boy’s singles. His first match was a draining two and half hour battle against a player from Strawn Carpenter came through in the three-set battle, winning 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
Unfortunately, the magic was not there in the second game. Paired against the eventual tournament champion from Gustine, Carpenter lost 6-0, 6-1.
From Gold-Burg, Alyson Rojas and Jimena Garcia competed in girl’s singles. Rojas won her first match against a girl from Avinger 7-6, 6-2. Unfortunately, the next match she lost to a girl from Graford 6-0, 6-0 to end her tournament.
Garcia lost a tough first match against a player from Ector. Both sets could have gone either way with the scores being 6-4, 7-5 to the winner.
The mixed doubles team from Forestburg, Jesse Wadsworth and Alli Cisneros, also did not make it through.
From Nocona, Kaygan Stone was playing in the girl’s singles 2A region II tournament.
Unfortunately, she got paired against the player who would go on to win the tournament in the first round to end her season.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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