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LOCAL NOTEBOOK: NCTC’s Potter player of the week
North Central Texas College outside hitter Kelsey Potter has been named the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference volleyball player of the week.
Potter, a 5-foot-9 freshman who played her senior season for former Nocona head coach Sandy Langford in Glen Rose, peppered 29 kills, recorded 38 digs and put up six solo ace blocks for the week from Sept. 13-19.
Potter is ranked third in the nation in total kills, and she also posted a season-high 22 digs. She made less than 10 errors in 120 swings in two conference matches – and had double-digit kills and digs in both matches.
She hit .246 in the match against Temple College.
Junior golf tourney this weekend
The North Texas Junior Golf Tour will have a special fall event at 2 p.m. on Sept. 26 at Runaway Bay Golf Club.
Sign-up is still available.
The entry fee is $30 for this tournament only.
Mail entry fees to: 4100 Weeks Park Lane No. 152, Wichita Falls, Texas 76308.
This is the first of three fall tournaments, with others scheduled for Oct. 17 in Jacksboro on Sept. 7 in Decatur.
More information is available on the website: www.ntjgt.weebly.com, or call Terry McCutchen at 1-817-243-4034.
Bass association will have open house
The Texas High School Bass Association will have an open house at 6 p.m. on Sept. 25 at Bass Pro Shops beside Lake Ray Hubbard in Garland.
Pre-registration will take place for the Lake Ray Hubbard Tournament on Sept. 26.
There will be door prizes, and a seminar is set for 7 p.m.
The special guest speak is Fishing League Worldwide professional James Briggs.
There will be a special 10 percent discount on tackle with your THSBA membership card.
Kelsey Potter was named player of the week. Potter, from Glen Rose, is an outside hitter who played for former Nocona coach Sandy Langford during her senior year for the Tigers. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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