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BMX racer makes Bowie proud

The first weekend of March saw the BMX Union Cycliste Internationale Lone Star Nationals races take place in Houston.
One Bowie resident did well enough to qualify for the nationals race event in May, 16-year-old Jacelyn Reno. The Bowie High School student finished among the top eight racers in the United States in the 17-24 age range.
It is her second time qualifying for the national race, her first time coming two years ago in 2017 when it was in America for the first time in 20 years. She got knocked out in the quaterfinals and finished among the top 32 riders in her age division in the world.
Jacelyn likes to say she was born into the sport of BMX.
“Well my dad actually raced when he was younger and he got my older siblings into it so ever since I was two weeks old I have been going out to the track,” Jacelyn said.
Besides being born into the sport, she was also born into her team. The team her father Sean started, Reno Racing, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. While it started with just riders, it from the Fort Worth area now includes riders from not only different states, but riders from England and Ireland as well.
“When her brothers and sisters started, there were local teams and national teams, but none of them had any spots for my kids or wasn’t interested in them,” Sean said. “I said well, I’ll start my own team.”
One older sibling, sister Shealen, makes her living as a professional BMX racer after a distinguished amateur record filled with multiple national titles. She has been a huge factor in helping Jacelyn within the sport.
“She kind of led the way for me,” Jacelyn said. “She has helped me. Everything I have achieved, she has definitely been my mentor through it all. I’ve been kind of her mini-me since I was itty-bitty. She practically trained me into a prodigy of her because she is pretty good.”
One of Jacelyn’s top accomplishments recently came at a local pro-am race, where professional riders raced with the amateurs. There Jacelyn beat Shealen for the first time in front of everyone.
“It definitely didn’t make her too happy, but it really helped me a lot to gain some confidence and learned nothing is impossible.”
Right now Jacelyn is enjoying her continued ascension in the world of BMX racing. If it can one day lead to a professional career and even an Olympic medal like her sister Shaelen is pursuing, that would be great, but Jacelyn is carving her own path.
“The whole school is backing me in this journey and I think it’s really cool that my high school is proud and that my town will be proud to have a world championship qualifier coming from Bowie,” Jacelyn said.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
SPORTS
Crutsinger resigns from Nocona

It was announced last week Nocona Athletic director/football coach Blake Crutsinger is resigning from his position at the school after serving four years.
Crutsinger said now is the time for his family to make the move, with his daughter Avery graduating after spending four years at Nocona and with his son Kellar about to enter high school and wanting the same for him at another school.
“With her going off to college, she had a really good four years here and just looking at Keller heading into high school and exploring some opportunities that might be better for him, it is just time,” Crutsinger said.
Crutsinger went 19-22 overall, helping the Indians to two playoff appearances in 2022 and 2023. The team’s best season was 2023, when it went 8-2 and won the district title, the first one in 11 years for the program.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Cervantes signs to college

Saint Jo senior Payzlie Cervantes signed her letter of intent to play college basketball last week at Highland College in Kansas. She also played volleyball, softball and ran track at Saint Jo. “After talking with Coach Tana Coleman, I really connected with her and loved the campus vibe and direction she wants for the team,” Cervantes said. “I’m looking forward to continuing my basketball career while getting my associates degree in nursing to become a registered nurse.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Sieberts earn bronze at state

Last week Montague County had five girls from Bowie and Saint Jo compete at the state tennis tournament, and one team brought back some hardware.
Sisters from Bowie, junior Heidi and freshman Willow Siebert brought back a bronze medal competing in the 3A girl’s doubles bracket.
The pair were the first people from the program to make it back to state since their half sisters, Meagan and Myah Russell, advanced nine years previously.
The Sieberts came into state as a two-seed, having finished second at the regional tournament the previous week.
The duo was ready as they blew through their first two matches. They beat a team from Hondo in the first round with the scores being 6-1, 6-1 and dominated even more in the second round against a team from Tatum, winning 6-0, 6-1.
That got them through to the second day of the tournament, but Coach Dayna Boothe was worried they had had it too easy on day one.
Playing in the semifinals, the Lady Rabbits faced a familiar foe, a team from Peaster they had beaten in the regional tournament the previous week. Unfortunately, near the end of the first set, with the Sieberts fighting to stay alive, Heidi went after a high lob and slammed into the fence. She hurt her right arm and had to play through it for the rest of the match.
They lost the match with the scores being 6-3, 6-3.
It was an all Peaster final, with the other side of the bracket producing the team that both beat the Sieberts at the regional tournament and won their second straight state title.
Still, despite the disappointment, Bowie is bringing back a bronze medal. According to Boothe, after contacting people who would know dating back to the late 1970s, it could possibly be the program’s first medals from the state tournament in tennis.
Of course, Bowie was not the only school represented. Saint Jo had Taylor Patrick competing in girl’s singles and the team of Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson competing in girl’s doubles in the 1A classification.
Senior Patrick was making her third appearance at the state tournament, but her first in the singles competition.
She finished third at the regional meet which meant she had a tough first round matchup against a second seed from Fort Davis.
It took everything from Patrick in a match that lasted two and a half hours. She went down in the first set 6-2, but rebounded in a tight second set to win 6-4 to force a third and final set. She had the momentum and won 6-2 to move on.
She had to summon the energy to play later that day against a fresh one-seed player from Utopia. Patrick lost 6-1, 6-1 to end her Saint Jo career. Her opponent would go on to finish second.
Juniors Johnson and Nobile were making their first appearances at the state meet after finishing second at the regional tournament. In the first round they played a tough match against a team from Marathon. It seemed evenly matched throughout, but small mistakes at inopportune times cost them throughout the match. In the end, the team lost by the scores of 6-3, 6-3.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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