SPORTS
Want to be part of a record?
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
Want to be part of a record performance?
Then pitch washers at the fifth annual Wise County Reunion Washer Tournament, taking place during Old Settlers Days at 7:30 p.m. on July 22 at Joe Wheeler Park.
The physical address is 3101 S Farm Market Road 51.
The entry fee is $25 per individual and $50 per team. Cash prizes will be $100 for the first-place team, $50 for second and $25 for third. The winners will receive a washer-shaped medallion fit for an Olympian.
Carey Williams, the tournament director, got the idea while walking on the James Wood Motors showroom floor one day – spotting a Guinness Book of World Records on a coffee table.
“I thought, we may already have the largest washer tournament,” said Williams, the executive manager at James Wood Motors and serves as one of the many event sponsors. “So, I applied to the Guinness Book of World Records.”
Williams reported the process of establishing the Guinness record started before last year’s Old Settlers Reunion.
Proceeds will benefit the Decatur Chamber of Commerce scholarship fund. The fund provides scholarships to a pair of Decatur High students per year, Williams reported.
Registration and check-in will take place between 4-6:30 p.m. Individual and group photos will be taken to satisfy the Guinness Book of World Records personnel. The group photo is slated for 7 p.m., and the tournament begins 30 minutes after that.
Because of time constraints, this year’s tournament features a single-elimination format. Read more in the mid-week edition of The Bowie News.
Here are the washer boards that will be used during the 2014 Wise County Reunion Washer Tournament in Decatur. The event will attempt to set a new Guinness Book of World Records benchmark for largest-ever washer pitching tournament. (Submitted photo)
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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