SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL POWERLIFTING: For openers, Bowie succeeds
By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com
The Bowie High School powerlifting team embarked on their maiden voyage putting on an invitational meet.
Let’s consider this a success.
The girls’ squad garnered the Bowie Invitational with 31 points, four better than a talented crew from Springtown.
The boys finished third with 28 points, seven behind meet winner Gainesville and four in back of Wichita Falls City View. Bowie placed very high despite 275-pounder Saul Landaverde not present.
“Seeing all the first-year lifters earn medals made me happy,” Bowie strength-and-conditioning coach Monte Sewell said. “They performed like veterans. All of our girls earned medals, except for one.”
Bowie’s girls received contributions from newcomers such as Carrington Davis, Montana Holbach, Madison Metzler and Sami Deford.
“All the new girls stepped up, and returner Sofie Butler got third, which was good to see,” said Bowie head powerlifting coach Quentin Berend.
At 123 pounds, Kylie Robinson set a personal-best record with a 290-pound dead lift, as part of a winning three-discipline total of 650. The other lifts used as part of the score are the squat and bench press.
Carcyn Robertson, at 132 pounds, also won her weight division with a total of 640 pounds, including a 255-pound squat. Davis was second for Bowie at 165 pounds (640). Read more in The Bowie News.
Bowie’s Sofie Butler grimaces as she lifts weight during the Bowie Invitational powerlifting meet this past Saturday at the high school. Butler finished third in her weight class, and helped the Lady Rabbits to the title. (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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