SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD: Area schedules released
The Conference 1A and Conference 3A Area meets will be taking place during the course of the next two weeks.
The 3A meet is set for Jacksboro High School on Thursday, April 23, beginning with a scratch meeting at 9:45 a.m. and then coaches meeting at 10:15 a.m. in the high school fieldhouse.
The 3A Area meet will feature Bowie, Nocona, Jacksboro, Henrietta, Holliday, Wichita Falls City View, Paradise, Boyd, Callisburg, Gunter, Howe, Pilot Point, Ponder, Pottsboro, Sadler S&S Consolidated and Whitesboro.
There also will be an Area 2A meet the same day at Jacksboro.
Here’s the 3A only schedule:
11 a.m., Long jump (3A boys); triple jump and pole vault (girls)
11:15 a.m., 3,200-meter run (girls)
11:45 a.m., 3,200 run (boys)
12:30 p.m., Shot put and high jump (boys); discus and pole vault (girls)
2 p.m., Triple jump and pole vault (boys); long jump (girls)
3:30 p.m., Discus and pole vault (boys); shot put and high jump (girls)
5:30 p.m., 400-meter relay (the format will be 2A girls, 3A girls, 2A boys and 2A girls for all running finals)
5:50 p.m., 800-meter run
6:10 p.m., 100-meter hurdles (girls)
6:25 p.m., 110-meter high hurdles (boys)
6:40 p.m., 100-meter dash
7 p.m., 800-meter relay
7:20 p.m., 400-meter dash
7:40 p.m., 300-meter hurdles (girls)
7:50 p.m., 300-meter intermediate hurdles (boys)
8 p.m., 200-meter dash
8:20 p.m., 1,600-meter run
8:40 p.m., 1,600-meter relay
Conference 1A at Ponder
The Conference 1A meet is set for Ponder High School on April 18, beginning with a scratch meeting at 9:30 a.m.
The Area 1A meet will feature the following schools: Bellevue, Gold-Burg, Forestburg, Midway, Prairie Valley, Saint Jo, Slidell, Tioga, Avalon, Flower Mound Universal Academy, Irving Universal Academy, Milford, Trinidad and Waxahachie Faith Family.
10:15 a.m., 3,200-meter run (varsity girls followed by varsity boys)
11 a.m., Running preliminaries as needed
12 p.m., Field events
12:30 p.m., Discus and triple jump (girls); pole vault and shot put (boys)
1:15 p.m., Long jump and pole vault (girls); triple jump and high jump (girls)
2 p.m., Shot put and high jump (girls); discus and long jump (boys)
4 p.m., All finals (in the following order of events: 400-meter relay, 800-meter run, 100-meter hurdles girls, 110-meter high hurdles boys, 100-meter dash, 800-meter relay, 400-meter dash, 300-meter hurdles girls, 300-meter intermediate hurdles boys, 200-meter dash, 1,600-meter run and 1,600-meter relay)
Bowie High School sprinter/hurdler specialist Zeke Vaughan prepares for the start of the 1,600-meter relay during the District 3A-9 meet at Jacksboro on April 9. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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