SPORTS
Bowie powerlifting brings back individual medal from state meet
The Bowie girls powerlifting team competed at the state meet on Friday at the Extraco Events Center in Waco.
With five Lady Rabbits competing against the strongest the state of Texas had to offer, only one was able to come away with some hardware.
Senior Carrington Davis, making her fourth appearance at the state meet, was able to one up last year’s fifth place finish with a silver medal in the 181 pound weight class. Davis lifted 980 total pounds, including a personal record of a 420 pound lift on squat.
The rest of the Bowie team was making their first appearances at state, with three of the four also being underclassmen.
Jessie Henry finished eighth overall in the 97 pound weight class. The sophomore was able to set a new personal record in deadlift with a lift of 225 pounds and total weight with 555 pounds.
Emma Skinner finished 13th in the 114 pound weight class, setting personal records in squat with 275 pounds and in total weight with 645 pounds. The sophomore came in as an underdog, but wound up beating three lifters rated ahead of her in the standings.
Her sister Sierra Skinner finished 19th in the 105 pound division. The junior did not equal her highest total of the season while putting up 585 pounds, but did set a new record for squat lifting 250 pounds. While she is an upperclassman, it was the first year Sierra competed in powerlifting.
Chelsea Price came in competing in the 220 pound weight class hoping she could finish in the top 10. Unfortunately, Price failed her first three lifts on squat and ended up busting out.
While headlined by Davis earning a silver medal in her final meet, the rest of the girls are coming back next year.
Price, Henry and Emma will be juniors with already two years of competition experience under their weight belts along with experience at the state level now.
This type of success should continue to drive them to see the type of leaps in strength they made from freshman to sophomore this year.
Sierra will be a senior and with one year of experience and making it to the state level, she should see a jump next year like most lifters as she matures.
While this year making it to the state meet was an accomplishment in itself, all four of them have set the bar for themselves and will be looking to raise it next year at the state level.
Coach Quenten Berend hopes he will have some other girls join them as well. Despite all the individual success, the overall regional team title has just eluded the Lady Rabbits the past three years.
To see results from every lift the five athletes did at the state meet, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo boys
The Saint Jo Panthers were able to win a one-sided game at Dodd City on Tuesday.
The Panthers won 41-22 against the Hornets as they try and ramp back up after the holidays to get ready for district play.
Saint Jo had an up and down performance at its tournament in North Hopkins the previous week as it tries to get the rust off caused by the holiday break.
The first quarter was competitive as the Panthers got scoring from four different players. Saint Jo held Dodd City to only one field goal, but several free throws allowed the Hornets to trail only 12-7 after the first quarter.
The Panther defense cleaned up the fouling while continuing to make any shot an easy one for Dodd City. This allowed Saint Jo to grow its lead as the game went along.
The Panthers allowed the Hornets to never score more than eight points in a quarter while they scored modestly in the double-digits in three of the quarters.
Saint Jo led 22-11 at halftime, 34-19 after three quarters before allowing only three points in the final period to make it 41-22.
Nocona girls
The Nocona Lady Indians stayed undefeated in district with a blowout win at home against Windthorst on Tuesday.
The Lady Indians beat the Lady Trojans 78-27 in a game that was not close at all.
Nocona came into the game confident with, easily winning its first three district games before the holiday break before playing several tough teams at the Championship Basketball Tournament last week where it went 2-2.
The Lady Indians were up 15-8 after the first quarter and 33-17 at halftime. Despite leading by double-digits, Nocona upped its intensity in the second half by outscoring Windthorst 24-3 in the third quarter.
The Lady Indians scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to end the game with the ludicrous score of 78-27.
Nocona boys
The Nocona Indians lost their first district game of the season, losing a tough game at home against Windthorst.
The Trojans won 63-52 in a game where one bad quarter from the Indians was all it took.
Nocona came into the game after starting district 1-0 with a win against Olney before the break. The Indians struggled in their holiday tournament last week in Bridgeport, but it was mostly against bigger schools.
It was a low-scoring first quarter as Nocona led only 9-7, but were in control.
Then the second quarter came and the Trojans flipped the game on its head.
Windthorst exploded for 26 points, scored all by three of its players as the low-scoring game was burst open.
On the flip side, the Indians scored only eight points while making one field goal in the quarter. Nocona found itself down 33-17 at halftime.
The Indians bounced back a little in the third quarter, outscoring the Trojans 14-11 to make it 47-31 heading into the final period.
The fourth quarter was high scoring for both team. Nocona easily had its best offensive quarter, with 21 points scored as six different players made at least one basket.
Unfortunately, the Indians could not slow down Windthorst to try and make a comeback. The Trojans attempted 17 free throws in the period alone and made enough of them to nearly equal Nocona’s total, finishing with 19 points.
Windthorst won 62-53.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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