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FROM THE UIL: ’Burgs set for 1A Div. I move
The University Interscholastic League announced the cutoff numbers to determine reclassification and realignment for 2016-18.
Gold-Burg and Forestburg will be moving up to Conference 1A Division I since the cutoff number was determined to be 58.
Forestburg turned in a snapshot number on Oct. 30 of 68. The snapshot number essentially is an enrollment figure. Gold-Burg’s stood at 61.
It is probable Gold-Burg and Forestburg will join Saint Jo in a district.
Football teams in 1A Division I have an enrollment of from 59-104.9, while 1A Division II is 58 students and below.
Bowie will be staying put since the cutoff number between 4A Division II and 3A Division I is 480. BISD turned in a snapshot number of 454, one of the higher totals in 3A-I.
These numbers provide the range of enrollment for the six conferences.
The 2016-18 alignments will be released on Feb. 1 for football and basketball. Alignments for other activities will be announced in order of their seasons.
For information, log onto the website: www.uiltexas.org/alignments. See actual snapshots in the Nov. 21 Bowie News.
Here are the conference cutoffs:
Conference 6A: 2,150 and above
Conference 5A: 1,100-2,149
Conference 4A: 480-1,099
Conference 3A: 221-479.
Conference 2A: 105-220. In Division I football the number is from 158-220 while it’s 105-157 in Division II.
Conference 1A: 104.9 and below.
University Interscholastic League. (Logo provided by the UIL, used with permission)
Kally Jump will be taking over as head volleyball coach at Bowe High School.
Jump comes to town after a three-year stint as head coach at Class 4A Alvarado. She will be entering her 7th year of coaching this Fall. She replaces Ashley Sanders, who guide the team to a 6-6 finish in District 7-3A and a bi-district loss to Peaster.
After graduating from Tarleton State in 2020, she went to Itasca before going to Alvarado. With a number of family and friends in the area, Jump and her family decided to make the trip North.
Jump, who taught geometry and Algebra 2 at Alvarado, is the daughter of educators, She decided she wanted to be an educator when she was in elementary school.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
A solid day was had by Montague county high school tracksters at the State Track and Field Meet May 16 in Austin.
Bellevue’s Mattie Broussard had a pair of second place finishes in both the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.41 and the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:31.33. Broussard also was 4th in the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:22.18.
Her teammate Brylie Hager was 9th in the 110-meter hurdles in 19.93.
Forestburg’s Brenna Briles was 4th in the triple jump with a 35’9 1’2” leap. Her teammate Jocelyn Rich was 4th in the pole vault with a 9’ leap.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie had a pair of top four finishes at the State Track and Field Meet May 14.
Sophomore Brayden Willett made it onto the medal stand, finishing 3rd in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:17.89. Bowie junior Tyler Richey finished 4th in the pole vault after a 14’6” effort.
The top two finishers from Holliday, also in Bowie’s district, celebrated with him after he crossed the finish line.
“It was kind of surprising,” Willett said about Ryder and Noah Stroman embracing him in a celebratory hug. “They’re good guys, so it was kind of cool.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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