SPORTS
Girls powerlifting starts at Alvord
The girl’s powerlifting teams from Bowie and Nocona competed in the first meet of the season on Thursday at Alvord.
The Lady Rabbits ended up in second place while the Lady Indians finished in sixth place.
Bowie had nine of its lifters finish among the top five in their weight classes. Three of them finished first.
Kerstin Wolfe was the top lifter at the meet, with her 845 total 25 pounds more than any other lifter. It was 50 pounds more than second place in the 181 pound weight class.
Laisha Johnson won the 114 pound weight class with 595 pound total, 65 pounds more than second place.
Katie Boyles then won the 198 pound weight class with a 795 pound total.
Other Lady Rabbit lifters who finished in the top five of their weight class included Traycee Stewart, Ashley Aguirre, Jenna Rogers, Kinley Russell, Jordan Vaught and Leah Boyd.
For Nocona, two lifters finished in the top five of their weight class.
Paige James won the 220 pound weight class with a total of 770 pounds. Olivia Six finished fourth in the 181 pound weight class by finishing with a total of 545 pounds.
Lady Indians Natalie Pirkey and Keegan Norman finished just outside of the scoring zone in sixth place in both of their weight classes.
The next girls league meet in scheduled for 5 p.m. on Feb. 3 at Bowie.
To see results for all Bowie and Nocona girl lifters from Thursday, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Coming into the Jan. 30 District 9-2A battle between Nocona and Windthorst at Indian Gym, most fans expected a repeat performance of the first meeting, which the Indians won in overtime.
The Trojans had other ideas.
Playing a very aggressive style from the get-go, Windthorst took control early by using 82% shooting from the field to take a 15-point lead after one quarter. It would prove to be the difference in a 61-48 win over the Indians before a packed house.
Both teams are now 6-2 in district (Nocona 27-4 overall, Windthorst 20-6).
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
In the Jan. 31 battle between the boys basketball teams of Bowie and City View, the host Rabbits hung with the District 7-3A leaders for nearly a half but the Mustangs used their athleticism and speed to pull away in the second half of a 71-58 win.
Bowie is now 1-7 in district and 11-18 overall with City View goes to 7-1 and 15-6. Bowie Coach Ryan Dykes said his squad played hard for a while but needs to put together four quarters.
“I liked our start, our intensity from the tip,” Dykes said. “We did a good job rotating defensively and that seemed to rattle them early.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Sy Parker wanted to celebrate her 16th birthday in a big way.
The Nocona sophomore did just that, pacing a big first quarter for the Lady Indians with 17 points and six rebounds. The hosts fed off of that and would end up cruising over Windthorst, 61-23 Friday afternoon.
Nocona ran its record to 22-7 and 8-1 in District 9-2A while Windthorst is now 12-12 and 6-3 in district. Lady Indian Coach Kyle Spitzer’s pregame want of playing fast came to fruition.
“We like to push the pace and we did that, most notably Sy,” Spitzer said. “When (Windthorst) went into a zone (defense), it slowed us down a bit.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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