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Bowie volleyball wins ninth straight
The Bowie Lady Rabbits kept their winning streak alive as they traveled to Paradise on Tuesday night.
The Lady Rabbits made it nine straight wins by beating the Lady Cats in four sets.
Bowie was coming off a perfect 7-0 run at its last tournament in Nocona. Before that, the Lady Rabbits had also beaten Burkburnett easily to make it eight straight.
Bowie kept that good momentum going in the first set of the match. The Lady Rabbits easily closed out set one with a comfortable lead 25-17.
In those eight wins before Tuesday, Bowie had also not lost a set.
Maybe the Lady Rabbits were a bit too confident after easily winning set one because set two was a dud.
Bowie failed to get anything going as the Lady Cats put their foot down and never let up.
Paradise won the ugly one-sided set 25-9 to tie the score and maybe deliver a wake up call to the Lady Rabbits that they were not going to easily win this match.
Set three proved all the more decisive after wildly different sets one and two. It was the most competitive part of the match as neither team could build a comfortable lead.
In the end, Bowie was able to squeak by the narrowest of margins 25-23 to take a 2-1 lead.
Back in the driver’s seat, the Lady Rabbits made sure not let up again in the fourth set and closed things out in a competitive, but quite as close set winning 25-21.
Junior High
The Lady Rabbits hosted their home opener versus Henrietta on Monday. The Lady Rabbits came away with two wins and two losses. Both B Teams handled their opponents quite nicely, beating them in two sets each. Unfortunately, both A Teams struggled to finish in this first game of the season against the Lady Cats.
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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.
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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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