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Five individuals qualify for state meet

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Area runners from 1A schools competed at the regional cross country meet on Tuesday at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie.
While no teams were able to finish among the top four to advance to the state meet, there were five individuals who qualified from three schools.
From Saint Jo Collin Thomas qualified for his third straight year. He was joined by teammate Devin Stewart. From Prairie Valley, Eli Croxton and Linzie Priddy qualified. From Gold-Burg, Isaac Renteria qualified.
Individual state qualifications are for the top 10 runners who were not part of the four teams that qualified. The top finishers in the boy’s race was flush with runners from the top four teams, meaning the last state individual qualifier, Saint Jo’s Stewart, finished 26th.
It was the opposite case in the girl’s race. Only two girls from teams that qualified for the state meet finished among the top 10.
The Panther boy’s team did the best of the day, finishing just outside of the top four in fifth place, but by a margin of 66 points.
Thomas was the team’s top runner finishing fifth overall with a season best time of 17:49. Stewart finished 26th overall, but it was good enough to qualify for the state meet. Teammate Kile Thurman just missed the cut a few places and seconds later in 29th place.
Joshua Vogel (46) and Logan Hoover (94) rounded out Saint Jo’s top five runners. Representing the Lady Panthers, Aubrey Morman finished 77th.
Coach Lyndon Cook was lamented one of his top five runners was out and how it would have affected team standings more, but was pleased with Thomas and Stewart for qualifying for state.

Saint Jo’s Devin Stewart and Collin Thomas qualified for the state meet. (Courtesy photo)


“Collin ran by far his best race of the year to take fifth place and Devin stepped up in a huge way to qualify for state as a freshman,” Cook said. “Both of these kids really impressed me with their grit and determination to qualify. Kile Thurman also ran his best race of the year and I’m very proud of him for this season coming off a torn ACL just seven months ago.”
Prairie Valley had both its boys and girls teams compete. The boy’s team finished ninth overall. Top runner Eli Croxton finished 16th overall with a time of 18:43.
The team’s top five runners also included Tyler Winkler (40), Micheal Cole (41), Tyson Easterling (93) and Isaac Yeargin (103).
Coach Seth Stephens was proud of how his team did overall since it was the first time they had been on that stage in several years as a team. He was most pleased Croxton was able to qualify for state.
“Obviously, we’re excited about Eli advancing to the state meet next week,” Stephens said. “I thought he had a good shot at advancing this year, but he reached another gear at this last meet, posting his fastest time of the year by far. He’s looking forward to competing again next week.”
The Lady Bulldogs team finished 15th overall. Top runner Linzie Priddy finished ninth with a time of 13:02. Prairie Valley’s top five runners also included 48. Karagan Ritchie (48), Veronica Gutierrez (103), Natalee Young (119) and Makaylee Gomez (120).
Coach Jeannie Carpenter was pleased with how her team ran and for Priddy for advancing to the state meet.
“All of our runners ran well,” Carpenter said. “We are very proud of Linzie Priddy for advancing to the state meet. While we do have some seniors on the team that will be missed, the core of it is very young and I expect them to keep getting better each year.”
The only Gold-Burg runner that qualified for the regional meet, freshman Isaac Renteria, made his first trip worth it. Renteria finished 19th overall with a time of 18:48 and qualified for the state meet.
Coach Jessie Vaughn thought Renteria had a good race.
“Isaac ran really well, finishing over a minute faster than his time at the district meet,” Vaughn said. “He has a promising future making it as a freshman.”
The Bellevue Lady Eagles finished in 16th place. Top runner Grace Martin finished 18th with a time of 13:28. The Lady Eagles top five runners included Austin Ford (75), Patience Ramsey (94), Cirstin Allen (112) and Callie Martin (114).
Coach John McGee was proud of how his girls competed overall in a tough field.
“I believe we did well overall and I’m very proud of my girls for their commitment to the team. Grace Martin was our top runner. I believe she will make it to state next year.”
The state meet is scheduled for Nov. 5 at Old Settler’s Park in Round Rock. The girl’s race is set to start at 8:30 a.m. and the boy’s race right after at 9 a.m.

To see individual results from all of the area runners, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Jackrabbits blow out City View

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The Bowie Jackrabbits beat down City View on the road on Monday by run-rule to pick up a district win.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0 after five innings due to run-rule as they dominated against the Mustangs.
Bowie was coming off a close loss at Holliday in a game it nearly came back to win, so took out its frustration on a struggling City View team.
The Jackrabbits got going early as Troy Kesey hit a solo home run with two outs to get a rally going for the team. Two batters later Edmond De Leon hit a two-run home run.
Rayder Mann hit a ground ball to third base that resulted in an error that drove in a run. Cy Egenbacher then hit an RBI single to put Bowie up 5-0 before the Mustangs had even hit.
After a scoreless second inning, the Jackrabbits got back going in the third. Boston Farris and Seth Mann both hit a two RBI doubles.
Kesey and Hayden Rodriguez followed with RBI singles to make it 11-0 for Bowie.
The Jackrabbits kept the pressure in the fourth inning. Farris hit a three-run home run and Kesey later drove in another run with a double to make it 15-0 for Bowie.
The game continued into the fifth inning and City View needed to score at least six runs to keep the game going. The Mustangs broke up Kesey’s no-hitter on the mound with three straight singles to load the bases up with no outs.
Kesey finished strong, striking out the next two batters before inducing a fly ball to center field for the final out.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0.

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Baseball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Indians got some revenge by beating Perrin-Whitt on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 5-3 to hopefully make up for losing the previous game in the final inning against the Pirates.
Nocona had lost two days earlier to Perrin-Whitt 3-2 after leading for the entire game until the final inning.
The second game it was the Pirates that led for the majority of the game, leading 2-1 after the first inning. The Indians tied the score 2-2 after the third inning, but Perrin-Whitt got the lead back in the fourth inning with one run to make it 4-3.
Nocona took control in the sixth inning when Wesley Murpehy drove in two runs with a double. Brody Langford followed him with an RBI single to double the Indians score and put them up 6-4.
This time around, Nocona’s defense held on in the final inning, allowing only one base runner before closing the game with little trouble.

Missing scores
Scores from Saint Jo and Bellevue are not updated due to games being delayed due to weather late last week.

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

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Bowie softball season comes to an end

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits came up just short of winning their final game at City View on Friday.
The Lady Mustangs held off a furious Lady Rabbits rally in the seventh inning to scrape out a win 11-10.
Bowie was entering the game knowing it was the last game of the season no matter what so it came out loose and ready.
The Lady Rabbits took control early. Chloe Kinney scored due to an error trying to pick her off. Sage Gossett hit a single that drove in one run and an error on the throw allowed another run to score.
Several batters later, Beau Combs and Victoria Cox both hit RBI singles to make it 5-0 for Bowie.
The Lady Mustangs scored two runs to make cut the lead to 5-2 after the first inning.
Bowie scored one run in the second inning when Serenity Klump was able to score from third base due to an error by the catcher. City View equaled that run in the same inning with an RBI double.
After the teams exchanged scoreless innings in the third and fourth, things picked up in the fifth inning.
Kaylie Kinney hit an RBI double with two outs to extend Bowie’s lead to 7-3.
The Lady Mustangs answered with a huge inning to get back in the game. Three singles and two errors allowed City View to score four runs and tie the score up at 7-7.
After the Lady Rabbits offense could not get anything going in the sixth inning, the Lady Mustangs picked up where they left off.
Five straight singles, one walk and a passed ball allowed City View to score four more runs to take the lead 11-7 heading into the final inning.
With Bowie down to its last three outs of the season, the team buckled up to get something going.
Cox hit a one out double. Chloe Kinney followed with a single that drove her in. After a strikeout and Kinney advancing to second base after a passed ball, Klump drove her in with a double.
After a walk, Gossett came through and hit a single that drove in one more run to cut City View’s lead to one run.
With the tying run in scoring position, Bowie was in good condition but was also down to its last out.
Unfortunately, the next batter struck out looking to end the game and the Lady Rabbits season.
City View won 11-10.

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

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