SPORTS
Forestburg track competes at Bryson
The Forestburg track teams traveled to Bryson on March 8 to compete in the Cowboys and Cowgirls Classic.
Competing against 10 schools, the high school boy’s team finished fourth and the girls team finished eighth.
In both the 4×100 and 4×400 relay, the boys team were able to gain valuable points by finishing fifth in the first and second in the final relay.
The Longhorns ran away with the throwing events. Last years state finalist Zach Bradley won the shot put with a throw of 47-1 ¾ while Bannon Osteen won the discus with a throw of 116-10 ½.
Calvin Smith gave the Forestburg boys the only win in a running event as he won the 300 meter hurdles race with a time of 45.2 seconds.
The varsity girls team was also able to place in two relays. The team got sixth in the 4×100 and fourth in the 4×400 relay. Isabella Roller was the top individual finisher as she finished fourth in the 400 meter race with a time of 1:12.
Other individual contributors that scored points for the Lady Horns included Rebeca Sanchez finishing sixth in the 100 meter race and Shelby Bradley finishing sixth in the shot put.
The junior high teams also competed at the meet. The girls team finished fifth and the boys sixth out of 10 teams each.
The girls finished third in the 4×100 relay and second in the 4×400 relay. The top individual performer was Reagan Ladewig finishing second in the 300 meter hurdles.
The boys Will Johnson scored points for the Longhorns in the 100, 200 and 400 meter races as well as the long jump. Jaden Meeks also scored point for Forestburg in the 400 meters.
To see the full list of results from Forestburg athletes who finished in the top six, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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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