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TRACK AND FIELD: Forestburg boys, SJ girls score in Muenster

Published

10 years ago

04/13/2016

The Forestburg High School boys’ track and field team finished in seventh with 24 points at the Muenster Invitational on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the Saint Jo girls knotted Denton Calvary for seventh on the girls’ side with 29 points.
On the boys’ side, Malaci Moore garnered the shot put with a mark of 43-feet even, while teammate Bear Osteen was sixth in discus at 97-8½.
Teammate Skyler Sandusky claimed gold in the high jump with a leap of 6-2, while Alec Ducharme and Chase Edwards from Prairie Valley were fifth and sixth, respectively, at 5-6.
Also in the field events, Ducharme was fourth in the long jump (19-2½) and Anthony Roof was fifth in the pole vault (10-0).

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Cheyenne Banks, a two-time state qualifier, turned in gold performances in both the shot put and discus. Banks’ winning toss in the discus was 92-5, and shot put 32-2½. Cayla Smelser added a fifth-place finish in the 100 hurdles (17.62).
Saint Jo earned triple points in the pole vault as Sarah Patrick was second at 9-6, behind Muenster based on fewer misses. Caitlyn Holley and Destiny Diaz were fourth and sixth, respectively, at 7-0 even. Read more, and see team standings, in the April 13 Bowie News.

Forestburg’s Bear Osteen, shown here at the Valley View meet, claimed sixth place in the discus at the Muenster Invitational on April 7. (News file photo by Dani Blackburn)

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Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

7 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

Published

7 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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7 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.