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COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Potter player of week again

Published

11 years ago

10/14/2015

For the second time this season, North Central Texas College outside hitter Kelsey Potter has been named the player of the week.
She was tabbed as North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference player of the week for Sept. 27 through Oct. 3.
Potter is a 5-foot-9 freshman who played her senior year at Glen Rose for former Nocona coach Sandy Langford.
Potter recorded 35 kills and 23 digs in eight sets for the Lady Lions. She leads the entire nation in total attacks, and is in the top-10 in both total kills and points scored.
She had 24 kills on 60 attempts with only five errors against Paris, and then put down 11 kills to go with five digs versus Vernon.
NCTC stands 18-12 and 5-2 in Region V. Setter Hannah Altman was the player for the week previously, and the Lady Lions have two NTJCAC matches this week versus Hill and Ranger.

NCTC tryouts

North Central Texas College has announced tryouts for the 2016 team will take place from 1-3 p.m. on Dec. 6.
The tryouts will be in the Lions’ Fieldhouse on the NCTC campus in Gainesville.
The gymnasium will open at noon.
Scholarships are available. Players attending the tryout are asked to complete the online questionnaire form located at: www.nctcathletics.com.

North Central Texas College outside hitter Kelsey Potter. (Photo provided by North Central Texas College, used with permission)

SPORTS

Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

17 hours ago

05/07/2026

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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.

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Willett, Richey off to State

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17 hours ago

05/07/2026

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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 2^nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9^th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3^rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4^th 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 6^th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8^th with a time of 3:30.76.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Fourteen track athletes head to State

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17 hours ago

05/07/2026

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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 2^nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2^nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2^nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6^th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8^th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.