SPORTS
Lady Indians finish in top 10
The Nocona Lady Indians claimed a ninth-place team finish out of a whopping 39 teams in the Arl Houston Ken Gaston 22nd Annual Invitational Cross Country Meet in Grand Prairie on Thursday.
With 294 points, the Lady Indians also landed in second place in the 3A division led by top individual Maria Hernandez, who medaled in the meet with a 19th place finish and time of 12:57.6.
Kylie Rose was just out of medal reach with a time or 13:03.5 in 22nd place, while Raylee Sparkman crossed the finish line at 13:25.1. It was another successful meet for the Lady Indians as they competed against more than 250 individual runners.
Nocona Lady Indians Cross Country Coach Kyle Spitzer feels the strong finish in such a large meet provided some confidence for his runners with all but two of his athletes finishing with their fastest time of the year.
“These girls expect a lot of themselves,” said Spitzer. “It’s been fun to watch the excitement they have for the team success as opposed to just individual success. I knew I was going to have a talented group of runners, but we have to keep putting in the work if we want to reach our goals. It won’t be easy, but I know these girls are up for the challenge.”
Meanwhile, the Nocona Indians raced to a 30th place team finish out of 37 teams and 280 individual runners in the 4A and under race.
Tyler Richards set the pace for the Indians, finishing in 164th place with a time of 21:067, followed by Lyndon Fenoglio with a time of 21:47.3 and Hank Ulbig who crossed the finish line with a time of 21:48.6.
“I ran some new kids this week, due to injuries,” explained Nocona Indians Cross Country Coach Colby Schniederjan . “We are continuing to make improvements on strategy and our speed. We have one more practice race to prepare for district.”
To see the full list of results, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Jackrabbits
A day after football season ended and the Bowie boy’s basketball team played its first game of the season and is working towards a new goal this season.
The Jackrabbits lost that first game against Sanger on Nov. 9, 70-36 before bouncing back a few days later after some practice to beat Bridgeport on Nov. 12, 56-51.
Bowie comes into this season after falling just short of making the playoffs last season.
The team graduated two of its three double-digit scorers along with an experienced post player from its starting rotation last season.
Rayder Mann is the team’s most proven scorer from last season, but other players will be counted on to step up according to Coach Ryan Dykes, who enters his second season at Bowie.
“Rayder Mann and Bradly Horton will need to be the floor generals for us to be successful,” Dykes said. “Boston Farris will be counted on to be a productive player and Gaige Goodman will need to be a factor in the paint on both the offensive and defensive end.”
In the first game against Sanger, Mann led the team with 13 points while Goodman was second with eight points.
The offense was much better overall against Bridgeport. Horton had 15 points, Mann had 14 points and Farris had nine points as Bowie scored in double-digits in every quarter of the game.
Lady Rabbits
In the second week of the season the Bowie Lady Rabbits had up and down performances.
The Lady Rabbits lost at Bridgeport on Nov. 9, 68-30 but bounced back to win at home on Nov. 12 against Boyd 55-42.
Against Bridgeport, Bowie gave up too many three-pointers on defense as the Sissies made 12 in the game.
It was too much for the Lady Rabbits to keep up with.
Parker Riddle led the team with 14 points while Payton Holt was second with five points.
The offense was more successful overall and balanced against Boyd, pulling away in the second half. Hanna Bell led the team with 13 points while Holt was second with eight points and Lanie Moore had seven points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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