Arlington Lamar’s Ben Walker hit a pinch-hit, two-out, two-run double in the seventh inning to tie the game at 4-4 with Arlington Bowie. Parker Robinson fought an 0-2 count and followed with a double to bring Walker around for the game-winning run in a 5-4 victory at Bowie on Tuesday.
- William Wilkerson
Liz Perez hit a two-out, three-run triple in Arlingtonâs six-run fourth inning to help the Lady Colts defeat Arlington Bowie 10-4 on Friday at Workman Field. Perez (3-1) was so sick that head coach Tommy Edmondson was afraid she might throw up on the mound. However, she persevered to strikeout six in 4 1/3 innings for the Lady Colts (6-9, 3-1 in District 8-5A). Bowie (6-3-1) dropped to 3-1 in district after it couldnât capture a win against the team that handed them its only two district loses a year ago. Victoria Veyna fell to 3-1 after four innings of work one start after her first no-hitter on Tuesday in a 15-0 win over Sam Houston.
- William Wilkerson
Bowie has gone the entire nondistrict season without its injured Nos. 1, 3 and 4 starting pitchers which may explain why the Volunteers have a 2-9 record.
But hope is on the horizon. Ace pitcher Heath Stuckey (elbow) is scheduled to return next week and No. 3 Christian Garcia (knee) and No. 4 Jonathan McDonley (knee) should be back in two weeks.
--Milenko Martinovich
Arlington Bowie needed every bit of the 15-0 run its used to begin the game to fend of a hard-charging Arlington Martin team 60-56 at home on Tuesday. Martin tied the game with 3:34 left but was outscored 13-9 from the point. The Volunteers (17-11, 8-4 in District 8-5A) began Tuesday one game ahead of Cedar Hill and Martin (17-12, 6-6) in third place. Bowie, winners of four straight, ends the regular season against the top two teams in the district and two of the state’s best: at Duncanville on Feb. 8 and home against DeSoto on Feb. 12.
Martin just finished it’s back-to-back with Duncanville and DeSoto with an 0-2 record. The Warriors have another monumental game on Feb. 9 at home against Cedar Hill. They’ll end the regular season at Lamar on Feb. 12.
“This is a huge win with us because this gives us a split with Martin, which is what we need,” Bowie coach Allen Gratts said.
- William Wilkerson
The five Class 5A Arlington schools and Mansfield and Mansfield Summit will form District 4-5A as announced by the UIL on Friday.
Arlington, Arlington Bowie, Arlington Lamar, Arlington Martin and Arlington Sam Houston had shared District 8-5A with Cedar Hill, DeSoto and Duncanville. DeSoto was sent out east with the Mesquite and Tyler schools while Cedar Hill and Duncanville joined the Grand Prairie and Irving schools.
Mansfield and Summit are the only holdovers from the original District 4-5A.
"It's kind of what I thought it would be," Bowie football coach Kenny Perry said. "It's good for neighborood rivalries, but I'm going to miss playing the big 3 [Cedar Hill, DeSoto and Duncanville]."
--Milenko Martinovich
Bowie escaped with a hard-fought, 43-39 victory over Arlington Sam Houston on Tuesday night.
The victory was Bowie's eighth in its past nine district games and clinched a playoff spot for the Lady Volunteers (20-12, 8-4 in District 8-5A).
Sam Houston (20-12, 5-7) is still alive for the fourth and final playoff spot, but will most likely need to win its last two games.
--Milenko Martinovich
Bowie fell from the ranks of the District 8-5A unbeatens Friday falling to Arlngton Martin 62-61. Martin (13-9, 2-3) leaped back into the playoff race after dropping three of its first four district games. Despite the loss, Bowie (13-9, 4-1 in 8-5A) still is in good shape for a playoff spot.
Bowie clawed out a tough win at Martin. Bowie's Lauren McKinney scored a team-high 14 points making up for leading scorer Amenemope McKinney, who has battlling a flu bug. But Amenemope managed the biggest shot of the game with a 3-point play with 1:11 remaining in the game to give Bowie (16-11, 4-3 in District 8-5A) a lead it would never relinquish.
Martin (15-11, 3-4) was led by Kelsey Spencer, who scored all of her team-high 14 points in the second half.
The win was huge for Bowie as its next three games are against playoff challengers DeSoto, Duncanville and Cedar Hill so the Lady Volunteers have some breathing room. Martin isn't out of the playoff picture by any means, but the Lady Warriors have a tough test Tuesday against Cedar Hill.
Arlington Bowie's boys basketball team enjoyed a solid 58-50 win over surging Arlington Sam Houston on Saturday.
The Volunteers (12-7, 3-0) are showing they can win in a variety of ways. They outlasted Arlington Lamar in an ugly, halfcourt affair Thursday, then topped Sam Houston, which likes to play uptempo.
Friday's game against Arlington Martin should be fun. The Warriors were the team that essentially kept Bowie out of the playoffs last season. Bowie could be 5-0 in district play if it sweeps Arlington and Martin this week.
The Lady Wildcats, who won the Mansfield Rotary Invitational in 2005 and finished second a year ago, takes home seventh-place honors in 2007, beating Arlington Bowie 55-50. The Lady Volunteers made it close down the stretch, but Dunbar's Trishana Tarver hit two free throws (her only two points) with 14.5 seconds left to seal the win. Dunbar's Brooklyn Pope finished with 24 points, while Sabrina McKinney led Bowie with 11 points.
--Angel H. Verdejo
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