SPORTS
All-district football teams announced
With the state championships wrapping up last week, all of Montague County’s football teams all-district selections are in.
For Bowie, the Jackrabbits went 0-10 and had five players named to the all-district list led by Alan Miranda being named to the first team as a punter and to the second team as a kicker. Devin Melton, Boo Oakley, Colten Price and Hunter Pullen were all named to the second team, with Price being named to both offense and defense.
Nocona went 4-6 and had six players named to the all-district teams with tight end Jason Sparkman being named to the first team. Carter Horn, Willie Salsman, Jase Davis, Juan Rico and Sayler Fenoglio were all named to the second team at their positions. The Indians also had seven players named honorable mention.
Saint Jo was heavily rewarded for winning the district title after going 11-2. The Panthers had Hunter Garrett win defensive most valuable player award and Logan Brawner win newcomer of the year. Mark Stevens and his coaching staff were awarded coaches of the year as well.
Jarrod Reeves, Chance Bennett, Eli Jones, Pepe Gam, Braydon Bell and Tyler Cook were named to the first team. Bennett, Logan Morman and Conner Thompson were named to the district’s second team.
Forestburg also was rewarded for the 4-7 Longhorns winning the district title. Zach Bradley and James Stokes were named the district’s offensive and defensive most valuable players. Trey Cumby and his coaching staff were also rewarded with coach of the year.
On the first team Forestburg had Braxton Osteen, Levi Balthrop, Zach Bradley, Tony Smith and Hayden Berry. On the second team were Alex Gates, Noah Clure, Caleb Bradley and Osteen.
Gold-Burg had six players be named to the all-district team after going 0-9. Will Hodges, Kani Grace and Kolton Whitaker was named to the district’s first team. Waylyn Whitaker, Matthew Fatheree and Jack Henry were on the district’s second team.
To see the full list, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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