SPORTS
OUTDOORS: Still time to enter Big Game Hunts
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is offering the chance to win Big Time Texas Hunts.
The hunts are guided hunt packages with food and lodging provided, as well as taxidermy in some cases.
The Grand Slam hunt package includes four separate hunts for Texas’ most prized game animals – the desert bighorn sheep, the white-tailed deer, mule deer and pronghorn.
New this year is the Ultimate Mule Deer Hunt, where one winner will be the first to hunt on recently acquired Yoakum Dunes Wildlife Management Area in the Texas Panhandle.
There are several quality whitetail hunt packages available, as well as chances to pursue alligator, waterfowl, game birds, wild hog in East Texas and exotics.
The whitetail bonanza features a three- or five-day trip to wildlife management areas.
Hunt sable antelope, gemsbok and axis deer on the Mason Mountain WMA.
Gators may be pursued on the Gulf Coast at J.D. Murphee WMA in Port Arthur.
Big Time Texas Hunts entries are available online for $9 each at www.tpwd.texas.gov/buyentry, or for $10 each at licensed retailers or by phone. A $5 administrative fee is required for online entries.
There is no limit on the number of entries an individual may purchase. All proceeds benefit conservation, wildlife management and public hunting initiatives.
The Texas Trophy Hunters Association and the Texas Bighorn Society help make the Big Time Texas Hunts possible.
The deadline to enter is Oct. 15. Read more from this outdoors notebook in the weekend Bowie News.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. (Logo provided by the TPWD, used with permission)
The 19th annual Bullfest came to the county on May 4, hosted at the Saint Jo Rodeo Arena. With bulls provided Big L Rodeo Company, Locke Bucking Bulls and more, it attracted many great riders, both local and farther away. In the end, it was Colby Deel from Jacksboro who won the the senior division round. The junior division winner was Ringo Stummer from Mountain Springs.
To see more photos, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
With the track season firmly over this year, one school went out of its way to encourage its athletes to not only improve on their totals, but set some school records this season.
Brenna Briles set the school record in the girl’s high jump (5-4), triple jump (33 feet), 100 meters (13.11) and the 200 meters (27.87).
Kayden Dill set the school record boy’s 100 meters (11.08) and 200 meters (23.47). Tye Reid set the boy’s 110 meter hurdles record at 18.7 seconds. Jesse Wadsworth set the boy’s 800 meters record with a time of 2:06.
Some relay teams also set some records. The boy’s 4×100 meter team of Jeremiah Perez, Kyler Willett, Will Johnson and Dill set the record with the time of 45.29 seconds.
The 4×400 meter relay team with Christian Binanti, Johnson, Willett and Wadsworth ran a time of 3:40.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs will be seeing a new face around the gym and fields next fall with the hiring of a new Athletic Director and Head Coach, Kent Caruthers.
Caruthers will be replacing Coach Seth Stephens, who has accepted a coaching job in LaPoynor, moving closer to his family and hometown. Although Coach Stephens will be missed after six years of being a part of the Prairie Valley family, Coach Caruthers will step into his new role with a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Coach Caruthers has coached basketball, football, volleyball, cross country, track and golf.
He has a well-rounded background, which makes him the perfect candidate for a 1A coaching position.
He comes, most recently, from Matagorda where he was the athletic director, boys basketball, volleyball, and track coach.
He spent the majority of his coaching career at Tolar, where he was the head boys basketball coach, defensive coordinator for the varsity football team and head golf coach.
His record and experience speak for themselves, but when asked why he felt led to apply for this position, he said that the move north is all about coaching good kids.
His coaching philosophy revolves around hard work, stating “A winner is someone who recognizes their God-given talents, works their tail off developing the talents into skills and uses these skills to accomplish their goals.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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