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HIGH SCHOOLS: Summer lifting is necessity

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9 years ago

07/01/2015

Former Bowie High School standout athletes Tim and Brad Bendure are helping strength-and-conditioning coordinator Monte Sewell with the summer program.
Bendure put junior high school students through their paces on a recent Thursday morning through free weights, quick runs and more.
“We are working the entire body,” Sewell said. “We have a certain routine each day.”
Bowie athletes are working on speed drills, functional and resistance training and running.
“Students ran in the ditch, which is good for their legs and respiratory system,” Sewell said.
Plyometric training is another facet of the program. Muscles exert the maximum force possible in short intervals of time, with the goal of increasing both speed and power, through explosive jumps.
Bowie football players have been lifting weights Monday through Thursday from 8 to 8:45 a.m. Then junior high school students work out from 8:45 to 9:30 a.m., and additional high school students from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Sewell said it’s an obstacle keeping athletes in shape during the summer months, and this program helps overcome that.
Bowie has plenty of multi-sport athletes, which makes it vital they stay fit. Many Jackrabbit football players compete on both offense and defense.
“This program, it’s a foundation for every sport,” Sewell said. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News.

Female junior high school athletes used the weight apparatuses in an unconventional way during a June 25 training session at Bowie High School. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Bowie Baseball Interview

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8 hours ago

04/18/2024

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Seth Mann (left) and Tucker Jones following their win against Vernon on April 12, 2024.

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Bowie Softball Interview

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8 hours ago

04/18/2024

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Interview with Bowie softball players Kaylie Kinney (left) and Victoria Cox following their win against Vernon on senior night April 12, 2024.

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Softball Roundup

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1 day ago

04/17/2024

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The Nocona Lady Indians beat Saint Jo at home on Saturday morning.
The Lady Indians won 16-1 after four innings due to run-rule against the smaller school.
Nocona was coming off a competitive loss at Collinsville earlier in the week while the Lady Panthers were hoping to compete after a busy week of their athletes doing everything else besides just softball.
The Lady Indians easily won the first matchup between the teams in March, 19-2 and it was more of the same on Saturday.
Saint Jo struck first to start the game off well. Jordyn O’Neal hit a one out single. Krista Reeves followed with a walk after O’Neal had stolen second base and had advanced to third thanks to an error trying to throw her out. A wild pitch then allowed her to score to put the Lady Panthers up 1-0.
The lead did not last long. Nocona’s first two batters drew walks which set up Abby Hill to drive them both in with a single to right field.
Despite giving up a single and a walk later in the inning, Saint Jo’s defense did not allow another run. A line out and groundout to the shortstop while picking off a runner attempting to steal got the Lady Panthers out of the inning unscarred.
The Lady Indians led 2-1.
That was about as competitive as it got. In the second inning, Nocona’s bats got going. Two singles and a hit batter loaded the bases up with no outs.
Reagan Phipps drew a walk that drove in a run. Hill hit another two RBI single. Skye Kirby followed with a two RBI double.
After the first out, Allie Sutton drove in one run with a single. There was a fly out for out two, before a runner came in to score after a passed ball. Finally, an error allowed two more runs to score on the base paths.
Nocona had scored nine runs and led 11-1 to break the game open heading into the third inning.
Taylor Patrick hit a double, with O’Neal and Reeves following with singles. Unfortunately for Saint Jo, Patrick was thrown out before the hits attempting to steal a base so the Lady Panthers scored no runs from this.
The Lady Indians kept pouring on the runs. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases up with no outs. Tinley Cable then hit an RBI single. Shelby Swell was hit by a pitch that drove in another run.
After two strikeouts, Evelyn Marquez drove in two more runs on a double to put Nocona up 15-1, coming up one run short of ending the game early.
The Lady Indians scored that one run in the fourth inning. After Phipps drew a leadoff walk, Hill hit a triple that drove her in to end the game.
Nocona won 16-1.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.