COUNTY LIFE
Taking aim – Gold-Burg teen flying high in archery
Connor Sears
By JORDAN NEAL
Some sports are more mental than they are physical. Archery is in this category. Most people have the physical strength to draw back a bow string, but it takes extreme mental focus and discipline to make the arrow go where you want it to go each time.
For one such teenager in Montague County, that has been his challenge these last five years.
Connor Sears is a 17-year-old junior who attends Gold-Burg High School. He has been competing in compound bow archery competitions since he was 12 shortly after being introduced to it as a way of hunting at a camp he attended. Eventually hunting season ended.
“We were sitting around bored one day because it wasn’t hunting season,” Sears said. “We looked up archery tournaments and went down to local Cinnamon Creek Ranch down in Fort Worth and fell in love.”
One competition led to another and another until Sears is now regarded one of the best young compound bow archers in the nation.
Read the full feature in the weekend News.
Memorial Day ceremonies will be hosted at The V in Nocona at 11 a.m. on May 29 at the post. The public is welcome to attend.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Railey Smith is described by one of her teachers as “the definition of quiet determination.”
It is an apt description as she received not only her Bowie High School diploma but an associate degree from North Central Texas College.
The 17-year-old is the first student to receive an associate degree through the joint venture between the high school and college joint venture, the Collegiate Academy.
The Collegiate Academy is a Dual Credit program which allows students to begin college in ninth grade. Beginning fall 2018, students entering 9th grade had an opportunity to enroll in a college Texas Success Initiative preparatory course. Successful completion of this course can lead to meeting the prerequisites for college enrollment in the spring.
The NCTC/Bowie HS Collegiate Academy course plan allows for two pathways: An associate degree (60 credit hours) or core complete (42-44 credit hours).
For Smith she earned 62 hours of college credit after starting the program through dual credit as a sophomore. She averaged three classes (nine hours) a semester in a combination of in-person and online classes
Read the full feature in your weekend Bowie News.
Pictured: Railey Smith stands with her Aunt Bridget Buck after she received her associate degree from North Central Texas College. She walked the field for her BHS diploma Friday. (Courtesy photo)
There will be a Memorial Day ceremony at The V in Nocona at 11 a.m. May 29 at 100 Boston Street. The public is welcome to attend as those who have fallen in service to this country are remembered.
The Bowie News office will be closed Monday, along with city and county offices.
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