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BHS names newest Hall of Honor members
The Bowie High School Athletic Booster Club announced on Friday during halftime of the football game the latest members who would be inducted into Bowie’s Hall of Honor.
Former Bowie athletes and coaches Ronnie Miller, Ralph and Jeanie Stark will have an official ceremony at a later date.
Ronnie Miller
Ronnie Paul Miller was a 1975 graduate of Bowie High School.
Miller was born February 2, 1957 in Wichita Falls, to Wayne and Joreen (Reid) Miller.
He was an accomplished multi-sport athlete and during high school played four years of football, basketball and track, three years of baseball and one year of golf. He was a member of the 1974 State Championship Basketball team and received All District honors in 1975. He was a two year letterman, and selected All District in both 1973 and 1974, and was selected as an All-State linebacker on the 1974 state semifinals football team. He also was a member of the 1973 Regional Championship Baseball team.
After graduating from the University of North Texas, he became an educator and coach for Bowie and an assistant coach on the 1991 state semifinalist basketball team. In addition to his long tenure at BHS, he also worked at Prairie Valley, Bellevue and Midway school districts for a combined teaching/coaching career of 42 years.
On July 30, 1983, Ronnie married Rie Sullivan in Henrietta. Ronnie and Rie raised two sons, Kelly and Matthew.
Ralph and Jeanie Stark
Ralph was a 1977 graduate of Bowie High School while Jeanie graduated in 1976.
Ralph was born on February 27, 1958 to parents Thermon and Billie Stark of Bowie.
He ran track and played football all four years of high school. He placed in district and regionals in the 120 and 330 high hurdles and the mile relay and was a state qualifier in the 330 high hurdles. In football, he played for a district championship team and led the defense that only gave up only three points to district opponents his senior year. After a third-round loss in the playoffs, Ralph received All District and the Texas Sportswriter’s Association All State honors as a defensive end.
Ralph married his high school sweetheart, Jeanie Proctor in 1978. Ralph and Jeanie had children Dylan and Chelsea Stark, who were both standout athletes at BHS.
Dylan later became a coach, head football coach and athletic director as well.
Jeanie was born to parents Homer and Beatrice Proctor of Sunset on July 28, 1958.
She was a four-year letterman in basketball and one year in track at Bowie High. She received all district honors three years in basketball. She went on to play basketball at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas from 1976-1978 and was named the MSU Female Athlete of the Year in 1978 when she averaged 16 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.
Jeanie graduated from MSU in 1981 with an Education Degree and later added a Masters in Education in 1999.
She was a teacher and coach at Montague ISD from 1981-1998 where she had a streak of five straight seasons without a single loss, winning 72 basketball games in a row.
She was honored and inducted into the Montague ISD Hall of Honor in 2011.
After a brief stint as a teacher and coach at Windthorst High School she moved to Bowie High School in 1999 where she started the volleyball program. She was a teacher and coach from 1999-2017.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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