Boy powerlifters from Bowie, Nocona and Bellevue competed at Boyd on Feb. 20 in their final chance to qualify for the regional meet.
The Jackrabbits finished fourth overall as a team, Nocona finished seventh and Bellevue was tied for 10th place.
Bowie had five lifters finish in the top five in their weight class and score points toward the team total. One ended up winning his class.
Robert Zambrano won the 148 class with a total of 1,315 total pounds lifted.
Tyson Jordan and Tripp Brewer both got second in their weight classes, Jordan in the 198 pound and Brewer in the 220 pound. The final two athletes to score were Kaden Rutherford and Austin Komolosi who both got fourth place, Rutherford in the 114 class and Komolosi in the 165 class.
Unfortunately, Bowie had four lifters not complete all three of their lifts or bomb out.
Nocona only brought three of their lifters, but two of the three finished all three of their lifts and placed high enough to score points.
Kaedon Wallace won the 114 weight class as he lifted 690 total pounds. Teammate Omar Salinas finished second in the 123 class as he lifted 705 pounds.
For Bellevue, its two lifters completed their lifts, but neither were high enough to get into the top five in their weight class to score points.
Blake Reese finished eighth in the 181 class and Cam Blaylock finished 10th in the 220 pound weight class.
Bowie has six boys altogether along with one alternate that qualified: Tripp Brewer, Landyn Walker, Robert Zambrano, Jorge DeLeon, Tyson Jordan, Luis Covarrubias with Kaden Rutherford as an alternate. Nocona has three boys who qualified for the regional meet: Matthew Johnson, Omar Salinas and Kaeden Wallace.

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The Nocona Indians played their first official games of the season on Saturday at Alvord, picking up close wins against Poolville and Paradise.
The Indians won 3-2 against Poolville and 2-1 against Paradise to start the season on a good note.
Nocona was down 1-0 entering the third inning against the Monarchs. The Indians tied the score at 1-1 as Zyrus Moreno drew a walk with the bases loaded.
Nocona then took the lead in the fourth inning. Landon Fatheree dove in a run on a double. Later Brody Langford scored on a passed ball to make 3-1 in favor of the Indians.
Poolville cut the lead to one run when it scored thanks to a fielding error. However, Nocona got out three and the game ended after four innings played. The Indians won 3-2.
Played afterwards was the game against Paradise. The Panthers led initially 1-0 the first two innings. Nocona tied the game in the third inning with Brody Langford hitting an RBI single.
After a scoreless fourth inning, the Indians started a two-out rally in the fifth inning. Langford hit a single to get on base. He later advanced to second base thanks to an error trying to pick him off. Fatheree then came through with a single to drive him home.
It proved to be the winning run as Nocona won 2-1.

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Bowie’s first tournament of the season, the Archer County tournament, was cancelled due to weather concerns so the Lady Rabbits only played game last week was against Archer City on Saturday.
It did not go well for the Lady Rabbits as they lost 11-0 after five innings.
Archer City scored one run in the first inning, two in the second inning and three in the third inning. Bowie did shut out the Lady Cats in the fourth inning, but Archer City rebounded with five runs in the fifth inning.
The Lady Rabbits struggled on offense, finishing with three hits and three walks in the game, neither timely enough to score runs.
On defense, Bowie had nine fielding errors while giving up seven hits and walking six batters.

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