SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY: Bowie’s off and running
Barrett Brooks paced the Bowie High School boys’ cross country team with a second-place finish at the Perkins Scout Camp Invitational in Burkburnett on Thursday.
Brooks raced in with a time of 20 minutes, 13.96 seconds, finishing 20 seconds behind winner Brandon Wright from Wichita Falls Old High.
Courtney Brady was the top finisher on the girls’ side, grabbing 33rd in the junior varsity race with a time of 17:09.24.
Bowie’s boys will compete in the Fossil Ridge Invitational on Sept. 11. The girls will race at the Strohman Dental/Midwestern State University Stampede in Wichita Falls on Sept. 10.
Orlando Martinez, a freshman, placed 12th in the JV boys’ race, which covered three miles. Martinez recorded a time of 22:17.03.
Hadley Morgan and Spenser Meekins also placed in the top-20, in 14th and 17th, respectively.
“I think we ran well,” Bowie head boys’ cross country coach Chuck Hall said. “Compared to last year, the times seem to be a lot better. It was nice for them to get the taste of a meet.”
Emmy Thomas and Lauren Gill also recorded top-50 performances for the Lady Rabbits. Thomas was 36th in 17:19.88 and Gill 43rd in 17:49.24.
“I am very proud of how all of our kids came out and competed for the first meet of the year,” said Bowie girls’ cross country coach Colby Davis-Pastusek. “Their effort and competitiveness was tremendous.”
Hall said the Perkins Scout Camp course was “a little rougher” this year because rain washed out some places. The girls’ race covered 3,200 meters. Read more, and see complete results, in the weekend Bowie News.
The Bowie High School girls’ cross country team competed in its first meet of the season on Thursday at the Perkins Scout Camp in Burkburnett. Here’s the team, from left, Taylor Martin, Carli Shields, Lauren Gill, Valerie Walker, River Romine, Courtney Brady, Emmy Thomas, Madison Hill and Sage Bullock. (Courtesy photo by Colby Davis-Pastusek)
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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