SPORTS
OUTDOORS: Use app for turkey harvests
Eastern turkey hunting in Texas is underway and runs through May 14.
Hunters are reminded all eastern turkeys must be reported to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department within 24 hours of harvest.
A list of check stations may be found online at: tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/hunt/season/stations.
Hunters have the option of reporting harvests at physical check stations or tpwd.texas.gov/turkey or on the new My Texas Hunt mobile application.
The app is now available for download for Android devices at Google Play and for iOS devices at the Apple App Store.
Hunters who use the electronic reporting option will be issued a confirmation number upon completion of registration. Hunters must still tag birds.
This will be the final hunting season for physical check stations. The TPWD is transitioning to electronic reporting only for the upcoming 2016 season.
The new app may also be used as a tool for voluntary reporting and tracking harvests of other game species. The app features a harvest history, including the time, date and location of every successful hunt.
TPWD turkey program leader Jason Hardin said turkey populations are growing north of United States Highway 82 from Cooke and Bowie County.
Catfish stocking at South Weeks Pond
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has announced the catfish stocking schedule for South Weeks Pond in Wichita Falls.
The first stocking is set for April 24, with subsequent stockings of channel cats on May 8, May 22, June 5, June 19, July 3, July 17, Sept. 4, Sept. 18, Oct. 2, Oct. 16 and Oct. 30.
A valid fishing license is required.
Dallas Zoo visits
The River Bend Nature Center in Wichita Falls will welcome the Dallas Zoo from May 13-15.
Each day will have two performances at 10 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.
The admission charge is $5 each for children and adults. Babies one year old and under are admitted free.
For information, call River Bend at 1-940-767-0843.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. (Logo provided by the TPWD, no copyright infringement inferred)
For the second year, Montague County All-Stars hosted its annual Fall Games at Saint Jo High School Oct. 21.
Representatives from nearly every county elementary and high school took part in the day-long event. Students with assorted disabilities learned how to play basketball in the morning and volleyball in the afternoon.
Helping teach the finer points of both games were players and coaches from all the area high schools. Individual skills such as passing, dribbling, and shooting were taught in one of the school’s gyms before athletes were broken up into teams and played timed games in the other gym.
Some of the younger athletes had issues with the ball dribbling and got hit in the nose. Eventually they all got the hang of it, one even getting a basket.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona’s volleyball team had a tough first set against visiting Olney Oct. 16 but then turned things around in the final two games and cruised to a 3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-14) win.
The Lady Indians are now 4-2 in district with one match to go in the regular season Oct. 23 in Petrolia.
Kasi Castro opened the match with a Nocona ace. Paige Davis later followed with a kill to break serve and a single point for a 3-1 lead.
Kills by Sy Parker and Raylea Bowles helped keep Olney down. Leah Meekins’ single point put Nocona up 6-3. Castro’s five-point streak extended the lead to 13-7 with kills from Presley Weber and Parker keeping the drive alive.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
To close out the District 10-A season, Forestburg’s volleyball team traveled to Bellevue and posted a 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-18) over the host Lady Eagles.
Forestburg tied for first place with Saint Jo and broke the deadlock Oct. 26 (see story, same section).
Brooklyn Shook’s ace put Bellevue up 1-0 in game one. Forestburg’s Lacie Shotwell’s three-point run later put the visitors up 5-2, Brenna Brailes extended the Lady ‘Horn lead to 7-3.
Single points by Landry Fluitt and Brylie Hager cut the lead to 7-8. Forestburg’s Addy Conway rolled off five straight points to extend the lead to 14-7. Mattie Broussard of Bellevue later cut the deficit to 11-14 with a three-point string. points from Madi Wadsworth and Presley Brown put Forestburg up 18-12.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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