SPORTS
Bowie hosted girls powerlifting league meet
Bowie hosted its rescheduled girl’s powerlifting meet on Tuesday following the winter storm.
The Lady Rabbit and Nocona teams competed along with five other area schools, with Bowie finishing second and the Lady Indians finishing sixth.
The Lady Rabbits finished second to Alvord by only one point as the team had 10 lifters finish among the top five in their weight classes.
Four girls ended up winning their weight class. Kertin Wolfe won the 181 pound weight class and posted the highest total of 870 pounds in the meet.
Katie Boyles won the 198 pound weight class with 830 pound total. Leah Boyd won the 259 pound weight class with a 700 pound total and Laisha Johnson won the 114 pound weight class by lifting 635 total pounds.
Other girls who finished among the top five in their weight class included Traycee Stewart (2nd) in the 97 pound weight class, Meridythe Metzler (2nd) in the 148 pound weight class, Ashley Aguirre (2nd) in the 165 pound weight class, Jordan Vaught (2nd) in the 220 pound weight class, Kaylee Johnson (3rd) in the 97 pound weight class and Kinley Russell (3rd) in the 132 pound weight class.
The Lady Indians had two girls finish in the top of their weight classes. Natalie Pirkey came away winning the 123 pound weight class by lifting a total of 610 pounds. Olivia Nix finished fourth in the 181 pound weight class by lifting 575 pounds.
The next meet is the regional qualifier scheduled for 5 p.m. on Feb. 17 at Boyd.
To see results for all Bowie and Nocona lifters who competed, 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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