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Bowie boys get revenge wins against Jacksboro, City View
The Bowie Jackrabbits started the second round of district play last week and picked up two great wins against opponents they previously had lost to.
The Jackrabbits beat Jacksboro 61-49 and City View 60-46 as they battle for a playoff spot.
Bowie came out of the first round of district play with a 2-4 record coming off a disappointing loss at Iowa Park. The Jackrabbits started district play 0-3, but all of those losses had come by a combined total of eight points. With that in mind, Bowie knew it could beat any team in district if it played well as the team got ready to play all of the team’s again.
The Jackrabbits did not start the game well against the Tigers on Jan. 21. It was a low-scoring start to the game. Bowie trailed 10-4 as they struggled initially against Jacksboro’s physicality inside.
The Jackrabbits changed their defensive approach in the second quarter, mixing in some full-court pressure to force some turnovers which led to some transition opportunities. Bowie outscored the Tigers 12-6 to tie the score up at 16-16 at halftime.
The offensive pace picked up quite a bit for both teams in the second half, just the Jackrabbits proved better at it than Jacksboro. One thing that helped was more fouls being called which meant more free throws after only six were attempted in the first half.
Bowie initially fell behind 27-23 midway through the third quarter before closing strong thanks to back-to-back 3-pointers from Bradly Horton to open up a 41-33 lead.
In the fourth quarter, Jacksboro tried to fight back, cutting it to 49-44 midway through the period.
The Jackrabbits were put on the free throw line down the stretch and made the Tigers pay as they made the majority of them as they pulled away.
Bowie would end up winning 61-49.
The win was a good one with the Jackrabbits going on the road next to play a high-scoring City View team.
From the start it was back and forth, but it was not a light speed or super high-scoring pace. Bowie led 13-12 after the first quarter and it seemed like the Jackrabbits were a bit more cognizant of trying to use their size advantage to their advantage on offense a bit more.
Bowie led 32-28 at halftime and pulled away in the second half thanks to lights out defense. The Jackrabbits limited City View to only 18 points in the second half while Bowie did not slow down much at all.
The Jackrabbits led by double-digits at the end of the third quarter 49-39 before winning 60-46.
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The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
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The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.
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Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”
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