SPORTS
Prairie Valley beats Forestburg in play-in match
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won the play-in match on Friday night against Forestburg for the second seed.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets against an older Lady Horns team that was heading for the playoffs for the first time in four years win or lose, but wanted to cap off their regular season strong.
Forestburg had most recently beaten Prairie Valley the previous week at home in a five-set thriller to tie the series at 1-1.
The Lady Bulldogs had won the first match 3-1 at home, but the home court advantage would be gone in this game, which was played at Saint Jo.
The first set saw both teams get mini runs as momentum switched back and forth.
Forestburg had some bigger and more athletic girls at the net that could get going if things were going good, especially if a server got hot.
Prairie Valley had only a few girls who could play at the net and relied on ball control and savvy despite the relative youth of the team.
With the score tied at 15-15, the Lady Bulldogs went on a 5-0 run to open up a 20-15 lead heading into the homestretch. The Lady Horns were not able to make up the different as Prairie Valley won the set 25-20.
The second set saw the Lady Bulldogs take control earlier, up 10-5 and later 18-12. Forestburg could not get things turned around into one of its serving runs as Prairie Valley won the set 25-18 and was up 2-0.
The third set saw the Lady Horns catch fire. With the score tied at 5-5, Forestburg went on a 12-2 run to go up by 10 points 17-7 and looked like it was going to take the set easily.
The Lady Bulldogs battled back throughout the rest of the set, slowly catching up and only tying the score near the end at 24-24.
From there, Prairie Valley had all of the momentum and was able to get the final two points to steal the third set 26-24 and earn the win.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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