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IN BRIEF: Cart drawing set for Oct. 24

Published

11 years ago

10/08/2015

Twisted Oaks Golf Club is currently having a drawing for a 2015 model year E-Z-Go gas golf cart.
Drawing tickets are $100 each. It is limited to 150 tickets.
The drawing will take place on Oct. 24, at the golf course.
This drawing will benefit the Twisted Oaks golf cart path fund.
For information, call Twisted Oaks Golf Club at 1-940-872-4000.

Wildcats open with home win

The Wichita Falls Wildcats’ North American Hockey League team scored two goals in both the second and third period for a 5-3 victory over Odessa on Saturday at Kay Yeager Coliseum.
This was the regular season opener for the Wildcats.
Max Reisinger scored a pair of goals, including one on the power play, and he had an assist. Jonathan Lazarus supplied a couple of assists. Garrett VanWyhe was a plus-3. Aleksi Poikola was the third star of the game.
Justin Kapelmaster faced 19 shots and made 16 saves.
Wichita Falls plays at Corpus Christi in the American Bank Center on Thursday and Friday at 7:05 p.m.

Youth rodeo finals Sunday

The 2015 Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo Saddle Series finals are at 9 a.m. on Sunday.
The event will take place at the Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena on State Highway 175 in Nocona.
Events are $10 each.
The following events will be contested: Ribbon goats, goat-tying, poles, barrels, flags and goat roping.
Age groups will be as follows: 8-and-under lead line, 8-and-under, ages 9-12 and ages 13-18.
The age of the contestant is as of Jan. 1, 2015.
For additional information, call Stepheny Womack at 940-841-2310.

Here’s the cart that will be given as a grand prize in a drawing for the Twisted Oaks Golf Club’s cart path fund. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Bowie softball team falls in area round

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2 days 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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2 days 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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2 days 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.