SPORTS
Nocona lifters takes second, third at Archer City
The Nocona powerlifting teams traveled to Archer City on Feb. 2 to compete against some good division three schools as well as one division two.
All lifters walked away with points at the end of the day, with the boys coming up one point short from earning first place overall next to Aubrey.
The top lifters for the Indians included Tyler Richards earning first in the 148 pound weight class with 935 pounds lifted. This earned him the top lifter award amongst the light weight classes.
Deuce Glasker won the 275 pound weight class with a total of 1,260 pounds, 155 pounds more than second place. Brady York won the super heavy weight class with 1,355 pounds lifted, the highest total of any lifter at the meet.
Other lifters included Michael Ellis earning second in the 114 pound class; J.R. Partney earning second in the 165 pound class; Jason Daughtry earning second in the 242 pound class; Carlos Winters earning third in the 220 pound class and Issaic Ryan earning fourth in the 181 pound class.
The girls also did well. Despite bringing only two lifters competing in the same weight class, the Lady Indians did well enough to finish third overall out of seven schools. Alleyah Silcox earned second in the 165 pound weight class while Taylor Richards earned third by lifting 660 pounds.
To see the full list of results, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Kally Jump will be taking over as head volleyball coach at Bowe High School.
Jump comes to town after a three-year stint as head coach at Class 4A Alvarado. She will be entering her 7th year of coaching this Fall. She replaces Ashley Sanders, who guide the team to a 6-6 finish in District 7-3A and a bi-district loss to Peaster.
After graduating from Tarleton State in 2020, she went to Itasca before going to Alvarado. With a number of family and friends in the area, Jump and her family decided to make the trip North.
Jump, who taught geometry and Algebra 2 at Alvarado, is the daughter of educators, She decided she wanted to be an educator when she was in elementary school.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
A solid day was had by Montague county high school tracksters at the State Track and Field Meet May 16 in Austin.
Bellevue’s Mattie Broussard had a pair of second place finishes in both the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.41 and the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:31.33. Broussard also was 4th in the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:22.18.
Her teammate Brylie Hager was 9th in the 110-meter hurdles in 19.93.
Forestburg’s Brenna Briles was 4th in the triple jump with a 35’9 1’2” leap. Her teammate Jocelyn Rich was 4th in the pole vault with a 9’ leap.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie had a pair of top four finishes at the State Track and Field Meet May 14.
Sophomore Brayden Willett made it onto the medal stand, finishing 3rd in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:17.89. Bowie junior Tyler Richey finished 4th in the pole vault after a 14’6” effort.
The top two finishers from Holliday, also in Bowie’s district, celebrated with him after he crossed the finish line.
“It was kind of surprising,” Willett said about Ryder and Noah Stroman embracing him in a celebratory hug. “They’re good guys, so it was kind of cool.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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