The Bowie golf teams swept the district tournament for the first time since 2021 last week when they dominated the competition after playing two rounds at the River Creek Golf Course in Burkburnett.
The boy’s team kept their streak going, winning its sixth straight district title by 36 strokes. The Lady Rabbits were finally able to jump Jacksboro, winning the district title by 47 strokes. Bowie had finished second behind the Lady Tigers the previous three seasons.
Coach Matthew Miller, always knowing a better round could have been played by all players, was proud of his teams and how they dominated.
“I felt like our kids played well,” Miller said. “We still have some things we need to fix over the next few weeks, but I am proud of how our kids played and competed.”
The course and weather conditions were perfect, according to Miller, for the first day on March 24, but two days later on March 26 the wind picked up for round two. This reflected in the majority of everyone’s scores being lower on day two, but there were some exceptions.
The Jackrabbit team came into the tournament confident. Most of their regular season tournaments, including the previous week’s, had been at unfamiliar courses against competition as big as 6A schools. Bowie is coming off two straight third place finishes at the state tournament and has qualified for state three of the last four years.
The Jackrabbits team shot 314 the first day and 317 the second day and were led by Zac Harris who shot 75-81 and got second place individually.
Hunter Lea shot 77-80 and Rayder Mann shot 81-76 and were both tied for third place individually. They competed in a playoff hole which Lea won.
Cason Airington shot 81 the first day to round out Bowie’s scoring, but his 83 score the second day was not included. Hunter Fluitt shot 88 the first day and it was not included in the team’s score, but he improved to shoot 80 for round two, which was included in the final score.
The Lady Rabbits shot 360-358 during the two days, led by Tess Egenbacher who shot 83-89 as she also finished first overall individually. Teammate Mile Thompson shot 85-89 and finished third overall while Hanna Bell shot 94-88.
Reegen Ferguson shot 98 the first day, which contributed to the team’s total score since it was one shot better than Kendall Fallis who shot 99. On the second day, both girls improved, with Fallis’ 92 going towards the team’s total while Ferguson’s 96 did not.
While not competing with the Lady Rabbits team, Lillie Maddox and Emma Read played as individuals. Maddox shot 96-100, which was good enough to qualify for the regional tournament while Read shot 95-103.
All seven girl players were among the top 11 players in the district.
The Bowie boy’s had enough players to feature a second team that got sixth place. The team shot 353-379 and was led by Caden Belcher who shot 80-90. Trae Seigler was behind him shooting 82-91 and Russell Anderson’s scores of 98-100 counted towards the team totals both days.
Bear Combs shot 93 on day one, which was better than Lane Smith’s score of 107 and counted towards the team’s total. On day two, Smith shot 98, which was better than Comb’s score of 105 as Smith’s score was counted toward the round total.
Overall, the Bowie boy’s top six players all placed in the top 11 individually as well.

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