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Bowie basketball teams lose early season games
Bowie boys
The Bowie boy’s basketball team lost a tough game on Saturday against 4A Aubrey.
The Chaparrals beat the Jackrabbits 70-42 in a game where Bowie’s defense could not contain Aubrey.
The Jackrabbits offense had a rough game in their first win of the season earlier in the week against Hirschi, but the defense carried them in that game.
That did not happen on Saturday.
The Chaparrals scored 19 points in the first quarter and then 17 in the second to get out to a lead.
With Bowie scoring nine in the first quarter before rebounding with 15 in the second quarter thanks to a couple of made 3-pointers, the score was 36-24 at halftime.
Any thought of the Jackrabbits making a second half comeback was dashed when Aubrey came out of halftime on fire. The Chaparrals scored 21 points while Bowie was held to just seven points as the lead continued to grow and grow.
The fourth quarter was more competitive, but it did little for the Jackrabbits to make up its deficit.
Bowie was overmatched as Aubrey took the win 70-42.
Boston Farris led the team with 18 points and four made 3-pointers. Andrew Sandhoff joined him in double-figures with 15 points.
It was a tough matchup going against the bigger 4A school and Coach Ryan Dykes would have liked his team to have competed better, but it did not happen.
With Dykes still getting used to his mostly inexperienced team, hopefully these types of games pay off down the line into something positive.
Bowie is next scheduled to play at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 28 at Burkburnett.
Bowie girls
The Bowie Lady Rabbits lost a close game at home on Friday night against Burkburnett.
The Lady Bulldogs held on to win 56-52 against a Lady Rabbit team playing from behind for the whole game, but made a good charge in the second half.
Bowie was trying to bounce back from a bad road loss at Ponder and knew it had another challenge playing a 4A Burkburnett that is usually at worse a challenge during most seasons.
The Lady Bulldogs got out to a 20-12 lead after the first quarter. With the next two quarters mostly even, the Lady Rabbits trailed 47-38 heading into the final period.
Bowie got close, but ultimately could not make the shots at the end to get it done despite the defense holding Burkburnett to single digits in the fourth quarter.
The Lady Bulldogs won 56-52.
Kayleigh Crow led the team with 17 points while Ziba Robbins was second with 15 points.
It was a tough loss, but it showed Bowie fighting back after a rough start which can give hope in future games the team can turn negative situations around.
The Lady Rabbits are next scheduled to play at the Breckenridge Lions Club tournament on Nov. 30-Dec. 2.
To see scoring statistics for both teams from the games, 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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