SPORTS
SPORTSBLITZ: School schedule through Dec. 16
School Sports
December 11
Boys Basketball
Bowie at Decatur Tournament
Bellevue and Nocona at Poolville Mesquite Pit Tournament
Forestburg and Prairie Valley at Chico Tournament
Gold-Burg at Muenster Sacred Tournament, Muenster
Girls Basketball
Bellevue at Poolville Mesquite Pit Tournament
Forestburg and Prairie Valley at Chico Tournament
Gold-Burg at Muenster Sacred Tournament, Muenster
Nocona at Era Tournament
Bowie Junior High at Wichita Falls Tournament
December 12
Boys Basketball
Bowie at Decatur Tournament
Bellevue and Nocona at Poolville Mesquite Pit Tournament
Forestburg and Prairie Valley at Chico Tournament
Gold-Burg at Muenster Sacred Tournament, Muenster
7:30 p.m., Saint Jo at Valley View
Girls Basketball
6 p.m., Saint Jo at Valley View
7 p.m., Decatur at Bowie
Bellevue at Poolville Mesquite Pit Tournament
Forestburg and Prairie Valley at Chico Tournament
Gold-Burg at Muenster Sacred Tournament, Muenster
Nocona at Era Tournament
December 13
Boys Basketball
Bowie at Decatur Tournament
Bellevue and Nocona at Poolville Mesquite Pit Tournament
Forestburg and Prairie Valley at Chico Tournament
Gold-Burg at Muenster Sacred Tournament, Muenster
Girls Basketball
Bellevue at Poolville Mesquite Pit Tournament
Forestburg and Prairie Valley at Chico Tournament
Gold-Burg at Muenster Sacred Tournament, Muenster
Nocona at Era Tournament
Montague Tournament
December 15
Boys Basketball
5 p.m., Paradise at Bowie Junior High (7B, 8B, 7A, 8A)
7 p.m., Saint Jo at Montague
Girls Basketball
5 p.m., Bowie Junior High at Henrietta (7B, 8B, 7A, 8A)
6 p.m., Montague at Bellevue
December 16
Boys Basketball
4 p.m., Bowie at Peaster (ninth-grade, junior varsity, varsity starts at 8 p.m.)
6 p.m., Nocona at Lindsay (junior varsity followed by varsity)
7:30 p.m., Callisburg at Saint Jo
8 p.m., Poolville at Gold-Burg
Girls Basketball
5 p.m., Bowie at Boyd (junior varsity followed by varsity at 6:30 p.m.)
6:15 p.m., City View at Nocona
6:30 p.m., Prairie Valley at Midway (Henrietta)
6:30 p.m., Bellevue at Gold-Burg
6:30 p.m., Forestburg at Tioga
6:30 p.m., Saint Jo at Slidell
Skyler Sandusky (42) scoops the ball toward the basket with one hand during Friday’s Forestburg Tournament semifinal game against Valley View. The Longhorns won. (News photo by Blake Wood)
Nearly 600 youngsters signed up for this season of youth baseball sports through the BSA. The group celebrated with awards this past week and introduction of all its teams. See all the awards and photos from the night in the mid-week Bowie News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
The 2024 Summer Olympics is just a few weeks away taking place in Paris. The opening ceremonies will be July 26 and are planned to be unique as they take place along the Seine River that flows through Paris. Thomas Bach prepared this op-ed to welcome the world to Paris.
By Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee
The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 is only days away. The excitement gripping this nation is palpable.
As this unique festival of sport draws closer, we all are feeling that France and the French people are ready to welcome the world’s best athletes with the hospitality and passion for sport for which they are famous all around the world.
Already millions of people have greeted the Olympic flame on its journey around France with a huge wave of enthusiasm. All of us are looking forward to an unforgettable celebration of Olympic sport and French culture in the coming weeks.
Read the full story in the mid-week sports in your Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s Firecracker 5K welcomed 100 runners for its 16th year on July 4th.
According to runsignup.com, Old Jo’s Firecracker 5K saw 100 runners of all ages register to kick off in downtown Saint Jo.
Brayden Willett, 14, Nocona, was the top male finisher with a time of 19:02.6. Sarah Rainey, 35, Saint Jo, was the top female finisher with 21:47.1.
In the male nine and under division, I. Miller, nine, Muenster, repeated his first place win from 2023 with at time of 34:52.8. E. Thomas, eight, no town listed, also repeated her win with a time of 31:58.5.
Emry Raney-Cavnar, 14, Ardmore, OK, won the male 10-14 group and E. Christensen, 11, Decatur, took the female race. In the male 15-19 division Luke Gehrig, 17, Muenster, won, while Sophia Christensen, 15, Decatur, took the ladies’ title.
See all the results and more photos in the weekend Bowie News.
Special appreciation to Jennifer Gaston Panther Photography for use of her photos.
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