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REGIONAL: Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame weekend is here
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame ceremonies will take place this weekend at various locations in Wichita Falls.
The event kicks off with a wrestling comedy show at 7 p.m. on May 19 at the Iron Horse Pub.
Len Denton will take the stage to present stories from the road. There also will be a question-and-answer session with Davey O’Hannon and Johnny Mantell, who is known by the moniker the “Pride of Montague County.”
Wrestling Under the Stars
There will be “Wrestling Under The Stars,” a live pro wrestling event presented by Old School Wrestling at 7:30 p.m. on May 20.
The following performers are expected to compete: Moonshine Mantell, Tim Storm, Americos, Houston Carson and Andrew Anderson. The wrestlers are subject to change.
The event will take place in the Downtown Wichita Falls Farmers Market, located at 713 Ohio Ave.
Tickets cost $18 for VIPs, $9 for premium seating and $5 for the bleachers. The gate will open at 6:30 p.m.
Advance tickets are on sale at the ITT office at Sheppard Air Force Base and at the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Trade show
There will be a memorabilia trade fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Multi-Purpose Event Center in Wichita Falls.
Trolleys will run from the MPEC to the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame museum on May 21.
Meet and Greet session
The meet and greet autographs line will run from 1-3 p.m. This is a limited ticket event.
The cost is $50.
Currently 20 wrestling personalities will be in attendance. Each ticket receives one autograph and one photo of each personality.
The following personalities are among those scheduled: Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, “Mean” Gene Okerlund, Leilani Kai, Terry Funk, Stan “The Lariat” Hansen, J.J. Dillon, Jody Hamilton, “Wild” Bill Irwin, Terry Garvin, Eric Embry and B. Brian Blair.
Induction dinner
The PWHF induction banquet will take place at 7 p.m. on May 21, and take place at the MPEC in Wichita Falls.
Tickets cost in a range from $60-$125.
The following people will be inducted into the Hall: Sergeant Slaughter, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Hans Schmidt, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, “Mean” Gene Okerlund, Leilani Kai, The Blackjacks, Peter Maivia, Earl McCready and Joe Panzandak.
The Blackjacks are Robert Windham and John Lanza.
The PWHF is a 501(c)3 non-profit first chartered in New York through the board of regents in December 1999.
For information, call 1-844-307-7943 or 1-940-264-8123.
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in Wichita Falls. (Logo provided by the PWHF, used with permission)
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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