SPORTS
88th Oil Bowl roster released
With June fast approaching, the 88th Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is coming up on June 6-7.
While not fully locked in yet, names on most of the rosters have been released and Montague County has several athletes selected for the teams.
Basketball is played first on June 6 at Wichita Falls Memorial.
The girl’s basketball game is scheduled for 6 p.m. while the boy’s game follows at 7:30 p.m.
In the girl’s basketball game, Nocona will be well represented on the east team.
Coaches Kyle Spitzer and Clayton Brown were picked to coach Meg Meekins, Avery Crutsinger and Reagan Phipps one last time. On the west team, Payzlie Cervantes and Krista Reeves from Saint Jo were picked to play.
Later in the boy’s game, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. were selected for the east team.
The next day on June 7 will feature two volleyball games, also played at Wichita Falls Memorial High School, starting at 4 p.m.
The first game will be the small school game. On the west team, Taylor Patrick from Saint Jo and Kaygan Stone from Nocona are selected to play. On the east team, Aubrey Morman from Saint Jo was selected to play.
The big school game has no local athletes on the current rosters.
The football game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium at Wichita Falls.
The full football roster has not been released yet, but the initial roster for the east squad includes Bowie players Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne.
Look in next week’s paper for athlete confirmations and updates to local players competing with and against the Wichita Falls area’s best graduating athletes.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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