SPORTS
Prairie Valley tops Forestburg
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs grabbed their first district win of the season in a tight race against the Forestburg Longhorns on Friday.
The teams competed in Longhorn territory with Nick Bell leading the Bulldogs with 13 points and six steals to the close 50-45 win. Tyler Reid joined him in double digits with 10 points, while James Gaston played a part in the win with eight points and 11 rebounds. Meanwhile, Carter Lemon added seven points, seven assists and three steals.
Sergio Mancilla helped round out the offense with six points, William Winkler contributed five points and eight rebounds and Kaden Fleming added one point.
“It was a grind it out road game for us,” said Prairie Valley Coach Seth Stephens. “We really needed a district win, so it was a big game for us. Ultimately, we won the game on the defensive end of the floor and I am proud of how we played in the final minutes to close out the game.”
Riley Sandusky powered the Longhorn offense with 24 points.
“Our boys played well and had a chance to win it toward the end,” said Forestburg Coach Trey Cumby. “Ultimately, Prairie Valley was able to grab some crucial offensive rebounds and make clutch free throws to secure the win.”
Prairie Valley continues district play on the road at Gold-Burg on Friday, while Forestburg plays at home against Bellevue.
Girls
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs held off the Forestburg Lady Horns to grab a 46-33 district win on Friday.
Three Lady Bulldogs reached double digit numbers to lead the team to the win as Emily Carpenter provided 12, Hailey Winkler, 11, and Kincaid Johnson, 10.
“I feel we played pretty well,” said Prairie Valley Coach Jeannie Carpenter. “You could definitely tell we had been on break, we were slow on defense and didn’t run the floor as well as normal. However, it is always good to get a district win with Forestburg at their place.”
Faith Moore was the lone Lady Horn to reach double digits for Forestburg as she led them with 13 points.
She was joined by Lacy Huddleston with eight, while Morgan Miller netted five, Katelyn Park, four, and Athena Britain, three.
“We came out flat and scored very little in the first half,” explained Forestburg Coach Cori Hayes. “We started doing better in the second, but couldn’t close the gap. We can’t afford to come out shooting that bad in this district.”
Forestburg continues district play as they host Bellevue on Friday night, while the Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs will play Saint Jo at home.
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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