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Farmer named Bowie’s new athletic director/football coach
Bowie Independent School District officially announced on Thursday the Jackrabbit’s new athletic director/football coach.
Hugh Farmer comes to Bowie after eight years at Seymour which included a 55-38 record, three district titles and seven playoff appearances. Before that he spent time heading Olney for one season.
Farmer made his name leading good offenses, being offensive coordinator at Frederick High School in Oklahoma for five years to great acclaim before getting his first head coaching job.
He beat out 60 applicants for the job according to Superintendent Blake Enlow.
“During a thorough and intense interview process, Coach Farmer stood out as someone who not only has had success on the field as a coach, but focuses on setting high expectations for all athletes, places a high value on academics, and desires to create an athletic program kids want to be a part of,” Enlow said.
After eight years at Seymour, Farmer felt like all of the things started adding up to move on and Bowie seemed like the perfect spot.
“We love the location,” Farmer said. “We went in and fell in love with the administration and all the people we got to talk to and it just felt really right. We are super excited to make that change and get going.”
Farmer takes over a Bowie football program that last made the playoffs in 2017 and is graduating 13 seniors.
He also takes over as the program moves from one tough district to another, moving from state-runner-up Brock to fellow state power Jim Ned. The district also features several programs with playoff appearances.
Farmer is not worried about those particulars, concentrating on the work to maximize the athletes he will have at Bowie.
“As a veteran coach you just work hard every day and try to make the kids better,” Farmer said. “I am super excited. I think we can do some great things. I think there are some kids who can do well in our system. It is going to be really exciting to see how they do and how they progress.”
Without giving specifics, Farmer has the experience and confidence that his offensive and defensive systems are versatile enough to suit the athletes he will have, with that showing in his success running smaller 2A programs with fewer athletes to work with usually.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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