SPORTS
Bowie golf earns district title
Nocona and Bowie competed at the district golf tournament on Wednesday at the Childress Country Club.
For Bowie, the boy’s team was able to overcome last year’s disappointment of not qualifying for the regional meet by winning this year.
Parker Price shot the best round of the whole tournament with a 72 and Riley Harris was second with a score of 78. Imanol Walker shot an 87, Jay Anderson shot 100 and Hunter Wade shot a 111.
Coach Matt Miller was proud of how the guys did and how driven they were to accomplish what they did.
“These guys have been motivated since last year,” Miller said. “They felt like they didn’t play their best a year ago, and they worked really hard to prove themselves today. It was awesome to be able to sit back and watch them perform.”
It was a windy day, but conditions were not too taxing for players who stayed patient.
For Nocona, Hunter Fenoglio finished second overall among players whose teams finished outside the top two with a score of 83 to qualify for the regional tournament for the second straight year. Fenoglio also plays baseball and has had to balance that this year, but still finished one stroke behind the leader.
Coach Colby Schniederjan was impressed with Fenoglio’s round and likes his chances at the regional meet.
“Hunter is a competitor and I would put him up against anyone over a couple of rounds,” Schniederjan said.
For the Lady Rabbits, Miller was able to pull together enough girls to make a complete team late in the season. While the scores were not the best, Miller appreciated how much effort the girls put in to get better and learn the game in such a short time.
With some of the girls young and inexperienced before this year, Miller hopes to see them stick with the sport in the future.
Halle Duvall led the team shooting 132. Gabrielle Sakel shot a 139 while Sage Bullock and Katie Turlington both shot 151.
For the Indians, Blake Gauna shot a 104, John Womack shot 113, Dalton Kirby shot 118 and Lane Geurin shot a 123.
Returning only one girl from last year, Schniederjan liked the improvement he saw from the Lady Indians throughout the season. While the group fell short, the progress has him hopeful for next year.
Cobi Womack led the team shooting 121. Paris Trosper shot a 137, Laci Stone shot a 138 and Maci McWilliams shot 141.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Eldon Van Hooser is leaving Forestburg better than he found it.
The head boy’s basketball coach is retiring after more than 30 years, spending the last five at Forestburg.
Van Hooser did not come to this decision because of a lack of fire or feeling tired after decades in the profession. He had to for family reasons.
“My wife has MS (multiple sclerosis) and it’s a disease where you have trouble standing and walking and she needs help,” Van Hooser said. “I am able to so I am going to step away from teaching and coaching to be there for her.”
Van Hooser was hired in 2019. Along with being the boy’s basketball coach, he also was the football team’s defensive coordinator.
There were some lean years for Forestburg on the boy’s athletic side, with numbers being low and the available athletes being mostly underclassmen.
For two years, the Longhorns’ boy’s basketball team won few games and one of those seasons saw the team field five players on the high school team.
“One of those years we had COVID-19 and the other we had five kids,” Van Hooser said. “It was very rough. After that we worked with the kids and we had a good freshman group coming up. Next year they are going to be seniors.”
That group has helped to turn the program around. Last year the young Longhorns team contested for a playoff spot and just barely missed it finishing fifth in the district.
This season, that same group took a leap and finished second in district with a record of 7-5.
Despite losing its last two regular season games in dramatic fashion heading into the playoffs, the team stepped up in the bi-district game.
Playing against an athletic Newcastle team, Forestburg led for most of the game.
Unfortunately, the previous game against Bellevue saw the Longhorn team blow the lead late in the fourth quarter against a hard pressing style team and they were suffering the same fate against the Bobcats down the stretch.
Fortunately, Forestburg held on just enough to win 53-46. It was the first boy’s basketball playoff win in nine years for Forestburg.
“It was huge for our program,” Van Hooser said. “This new year we will have new goals. The new coach will have some goals of his own, but I set some for the team and think that we have come a long way.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.
The 72nd Chisholm Trail Rodeo was a big success on Friday and Saturday nights at Nocona.
The rodeo had big crowds and saw some good competition from both local and far reaching talent.
Winners in the events included Zach Hibler in bareback riding, Lindsey Muggli in barrel racing, Ashley Goforth in breakaway roping, Leanardo Lima in bull riding, Cody McCartney in calf roping, Thomas Moellering in ranch bronc riding, Wacey Hathcock in saddle bronc riding, Renato Finazzi in steer wrestling, Rowdy Jones and Rance Doyal in team roping.
To see full results and more pictures, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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