SPORTS
VOLLEYBALL: TGIF league sets course for 16th year
The TGIF Volleyball League is underway as of Thursday night, and plenty of area teams are descending on Bowie for matches.
Here are teams participating.
Varsity division: Bowie No. 1, Bowie No. 2, Burkburnett, Forestburg, Graham, Henrietta, Iowa Park, Jacksboro, Nocona, Wichita Falls Rider No. 1, Wichita Falls Rider No. 2, Saint Jo, Wichita Falls Old High JV, Wichita Falls Old High and Windthorst.
Junior varsity division: Bowie ninth grade (Bre Jones), Bridgeport, Gold-Burg, Henrietta No. 1, Henrietta No. 2, Jacksboro No. 1, Jacksboro No. 2, Nocona No. 1, Nocona No. 2 and Prairie Valley.
Junior high division: Bowie seventh grade (Miranda Wolsey), Bowie eighth grade (Bre Jones), Graham seventh grade, Graham eighth grade, Henrietta, Iowa Park, Montague, Prairie Valley, Saint Jo and Windthorst.
Future play dates will be May 1, May 8, May 15 and May 22. Start times are 4:30 p.m. for the junior high and junior varsity divisions, and 5 p.m. for the high school division.
The junior high matches will be played at 501 East Tarrant, the junior varsity division at the Bowie Intermediate School at 800 North Mill and the varsity division at the high school located at 341 United States Highway 287 North Access.
Matches will be 25 minutes in length, and teams will switch sides at the 12-minute, 30-second mark.
Officials will keep time, score and lines, and their decisions will be final. There will be a five-minute warm-up. A 20-point mercy rule will be enacted in all divisions. Teams must win by one point in case sudden death arises.
This marks the 16th year for the league.
Karsen Morgan (left) and Madison Little will represent Bowie in the TGIF league, which began play on Thursday. (News file photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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