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Bowie girls compete at state meet on Friday at Extraco

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The girl’s state powerlifting meet is happening this weekend at the Extraco Events Center in Waco.
In Montague County, five lifters from Bowie qualified for the state meet back on March 2 at the regional meet.
Lifters Carrington Davis won the 181 pound weight class, Chelsea Price the 220 pound weight class and Jessie Henry the 97 pound weight class. Sisters Sierra and Emma Skinner each finished second in the 105 and 114 pound weight classes.
Davis is the only lifter who is coming in with any state experience. A senior, Davis is making her fourth appearance, coming off earning a fifth place medal last year.
Her 980 total pounds she put up at the regional meet is the third highest in her weight class in the state. She has lifted 1,000 pounds this year, but she was competing in the 198 pound class at that meet.
Despite winning, Davis was not happy with her performance at regionals and hopes she can go out with a new personal record. If she does that, there is a good chance of finishing in the top three.
Price’s best total of 930 total pounds has her ranked ninth heading into the state meet. The sophomore made a huge leap from her freshman year. A top 10 finish at state will be just the thing to build on heading into her senior year if she also puts up a new personal best.
Henry’s highest total of 550 pounds has her sitting just outside of the top 10 in a tie for 11th place. The tiny sophomore already made a big improvement from her freshman year to win at regionals.
A lot of girls sit tightly packed together in the standings heading into the meet. If Henry makes a big 20-30 pound jump, it would easily get her into a top 10 finish. With two more years to compete, any accomplishment at state is just gravy for Henry.
For Sierra and Emma, they will not only need to put up their best performances of the season, but also need some help from other girls bombing out if they want to break into the top 10.
Still, the story of these sisters both making it to the state meet is already such a great story. Emma competed last year as a freshman and just missed out earning a medal at regionals last year. This year she finished second in the region.
Older by one year, Sierra had never competed despite their older brother Jacob also competing and excelling at powerlifting. Sierra showed that natural strength ran in the family.
The cheerleader became the second Lady Rabbits to qualify for the state meet in powerlifting in only her first year of competition, following Emily Cox Boyd’s example from last year.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Bowie track breaks school records at Santos

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Several Bowie athletes competed at the Wildcat Relays in Santos on March 20.
A couple of athletes did well enough to break school records along with placing well in their events.
Samara McChesney got second place in the girl’s pole vault with a vault of 8 feet 6 inches, breaking the school record for the Lady Rabbits.
Isaac Renteria got first place in the 3200 meter race, with his time of 9:59 that broke the school’s record in the event.
There were several athletes who also did well for Bowie even if they did not break school records.
Brayden Willett got first in the 800 meters and second in the 3200 meter race.
Braden Rhyne won the triple jump and got second in the high jump. Tyler Richey got second in the 110 meter hurdles.
Laney Segura and Ollie Gaston got third and fourth in the 800 meter race.
Olivia Richey got fifth in the 100 meter hurdles and Angela Alvarez got fifth in the 3200 meter race.
Both the boy and girl teams competed in the 4×100 relay event and finished in sixth place.

To see results for all varsity athletes who finished in the top six in their events, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.

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Softball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians went 1-1 in their first round of district play last week.
The Lady Indians won a competitive game at Era 5-2, but then fell to Muenster by run-rule 15-0 after four innings.
Nocona came in with a big winning streak, but most of the wins were against familiar teams and the Lady Indians knew they would have to play at their best in a district that is expected to be tough.
The Lady Indians played at Era on March 18. The Lady Hornets took the early lead 1-0 in the first inning. Nocona tied the game at 1-1 in the third inning when Kaitlyn Tiffner scored on the base paths thanks to an error.
Era got the lead back with one run in the fourth inning , but then the Lady Indians got their first lead in the fifth inning. Ma’leigha Franklin drove in two runs on a sacrifice fly ball to put Nocona up 3-2.
The Lady Indians got some insurance in the sixth inning when Tinley Cable hit a two-run inside the park home run.
Nocona held on to win 5-2. Kylea Wallace led the team two hits as the team only had six all game. The hits were extremely opportunistic for the Lady Indians to score as much as they did.
Reagan Phipps allowed only two runs on seven hits while striking out 12 batters and walking three. The defense committed only one fielding error behind her.
Nocona was happy to get the close win to start district, but then came a big dose of bummer that threw sand in the potato salad of last week.
It was the Lady Indians home district opener, but Muenster had a huge second inning scoring 11 runs and it was all over from there. Nocona only got one hit from Phipps on offense as the Lady Indians lost 15-0 after four innings.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers were able to pick up a win against 1A Bryson last week, but fell to Graford and Perrin-Whitt later.
The Lady Panthers beat the Cowgirls 19-4, but then fell to 2A Graford 18-6 and fellow 1A team Perrin-Whitt 23-13.
Saint Jo played Bryson at home on March 18 and dominated, getting the win in three innings by run-rule 19-4.
Symbri Evans led the team with three RBIs while Kamron Skidmore and Mercedes Diaz each drove in two runs each. The team drew 15 walks and were hit by seven pitches.
So all three hits were big deals, like Skidmore hitting a home run.
Maxey Johnson allowed four runs (three earned) on two hits while striking out four batters. The defense committed only two fielding errors.
The next two games saw Saint Jo walk too many batters to keep the games close. Against Graford the team walked 15 batters and against Perrin-Whitt it was 16 batters.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.

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Bowie golf ready for district tournament

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The Bowie boy’s golf team got sixth place last week at the Waxahachie Spring Fling tournament. (Courtesy photo)

The Bowie golf teams competed last week in their final events before district play starts this week.
The Lady Rabbits played at the Jim Ned Invitational at Shady Oaks and got second place. The boy’s team played in the Waxahachie Spring Fling at the Golf Club of Dallas and got sixth place.
The girl’s team shot 391 and was led by Miley Thompson who scored 91 and got third place individually. Tess Egenbacher (95), Hanna Bell (101) and Kendall Fallis (104) rounded out the team’s score.
Lillie Maddox shot 108, but it did not add to the team’s total.
Reegen Ferguson competed individually and shot 97.
The boy’s team shot 351 and the player with the lowest score was Hunter Lea who got an 83. Zac Harris (85) Huntter Fluitt (90) and Rayder Mann (93) rounded out the team’s final score.
Caden Belcher’s score of 96 did not add to the team’s total.
Cason Airington competed individually and shot an 86.

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