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STATE HIGH SCHOOL POLLING: Bowie stays in fourth
Bowie High School baseball remains in fourth place in Conference 3A in the latest Texas High School Baseball Association poll released on May 7.
The Jackrabbits are fresh off sweeping Whitesboro in a best-of-3 Bi-district series by scores of 12-1 in Game One and then 14-7 in Game Two here in Bowie on Friday and Saturday.
Bowie’s record improved to 26-1-2 with the pair of victories, and the Jackrabbits will play Palmer this May 15 and 16 in a best-of-3 Area series at Chisholm Trail High School in Saginaw, a suburb of Fort Worth.
Central Heights (21-1) leads the Conference 3A poll, with West second and Idalou third.
The rest of the 3A poll features Hughes Springs fifth, Banquete sixth, Gunter seventh, Danbury eighth, Jim Ned of Tuscola ninth and Edgewood 10th.
Gunter is a possible third-round match-up should Bowie defeat Palmer this weekend.
Early and Falfurrias also received votes in the poll.
Iowa Park, undefeated this season with a 21-0 mark, is No. 1 in Conference 4A and Huffman Hargrave is second. Argyle is also in the poll, in the sixth spot. Bowie and Iowa Park played a scrimmage against each other in February. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News.
Lawson Mickler makes a throw to third base for a force out during Saturday’s Bi-District game against Whitesboro. The Jackrabbits won 14-7. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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