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Five area schools run at meet in Wichita Falls

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2 years ago

09/10/2022

It was a huge meet on Wednesday as five area teams ran at the Endurance House XC Stampede at Lucy Park in Wichita Falls.
Runners from Bowie, Nocona, Saint Jo, Prairie Valley and Bellevue ran in races that included more than 100 runners from a wide array of different schools.
The girl’s race only featured schools in the 1A-3A range but still had runners from 23 different schools competing. The boy’s race had all schools from 1A-5A in the same heat from 18 different schools.
The Bowie boy’s team had the best day of any team finishing third overall. Nathan Rodgers led the team finishing seventh overall with a time of 19:10.
The Jackrabbit’s top five runners also included Sebastian Martinez (23rd), Monte Mayfield (29th), James Fitch (32nd) and Liam Pearson (34th).
The Saint Jo boy’s team was right behind Bowie finishing fourth overall. Collin Thomas had the best finish of any area runner, finishing second with a time of 18:34.
The top five Panthers included Devin Stewart (15th), Jayden Curry (17th), Josh Vogel (30th) and Trent Gaston (74th).
The Nocona boy’s team finished eighth overall. Freddy Duran led the Indians by getting 22nd with a time of 20:49. Alex Stephens was not far behind in 26th place only five seconds later.
The top five for Nocona also included Walker Murphey (49th), Ivan Hernandez (50th) and Andrew Perez (79th).
The Prairie Valley boy’s team was one runner short of qualifying for team standings. Eli Croxton led the Bulldogs finishing in 13th place with a time of 19:57. Michael Cole finished 57th, Tyson Easterling finished 60th and Dakota Fore finished 88th.
In the girl’s race, the Nocona Lady Indians had the best day finishing fourth overall. Bayler Smith led the team finishing fourth overall with a time of 14:04. The rest of the team saw Melissa Segura finish 13th, Jayce Rose finish 20th, Reagan Phipps finish 45th and Alexa Sosa finish 95th.
Bellevue was the only other area school that fielded a full team, finishing eighth overall. Grace Martin led the Lady Eagles by finishing 16th overall with a time of 15:06.
The top five finishers on the team included Brittany Gill (42nd), Kaycee Connors (48th), Tristan Shook (86th) and Callie Martin (93rd).
Runners from Bowie, Saint Jo and Prairie Valley did not have enough runners to fill out a five-person team.
The Lady Rabbit’s lone runner Jojo Villarreal finished 38th overall with a time of 16:25. The Lady Panthers also fielded one runner, Kaycee Clark, who finished 63rd with a time of 17:20.
For the Lady Bulldogs, Linzie Priddy finished 10th overall with a time of 14:46. Her teammates finish included Karagan Ritchie (65th), Natalee Young (70th) and Carmen Gomez (77th).

To see the full results for all varsity runners from Bowie, Nocona, Saint Jo, Prairie Valley and Bellevue pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Firecracker 5K welcomes 100 runners on July 4th

Published

3 days ago

07/13/2024

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Saint Jo’s Firecracker 5K welcomed 100 runners for its 16th year on July 4th.
According to runsignup.com, Old Jo’s Firecracker 5K saw 100 runners of all ages register to kick off in downtown Saint Jo.
Brayden Willett, 14, Nocona, was the top male finisher with a time of 19:02.6. Sarah Rainey, 35, Saint Jo, was the top female finisher with 21:47.1.
In the male nine and under division, I. Miller, nine, Muenster, repeated his first place win from 2023 with at time of 34:52.8. E. Thomas, eight, no town listed, also repeated her win with a time of 31:58.5.
Emry Raney-Cavnar, 14, Ardmore, OK, won the male 10-14 group and E. Christensen, 11, Decatur, took the female race. In the male 15-19 division Luke Gehrig, 17, Muenster, won, while Sophia Christensen, 15, Decatur, took the ladies’ title.

See all the results and more photos in the weekend Bowie News.

Special appreciation to Jennifer Gaston Panther Photography for use of her photos.

Brayden Willett, 14, Nocona, was the top male finisher in the Firecracker 5K.

Sarah Rainey, 35, Saint Jo, came in as the top female finisher in the Firecracker 5K.

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MLB All Star Week underway Metroplex

Published

3 days ago

07/13/2024

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Major League Baseball and the Texas Rangers have planned a full week of activities for 2024 All-Star Week taking place in Arlington, Fort Worth and the North Texas region from July 12-16.
The 94th Midsummer Classic will be played at Globe Life Field on July 16, marking the second All-Star Game to be hosted by the Rangers following the 1995 All-Star Game at The Ballpark in Arlington.
HBCU Swingman Classic: July 12
All-Star Commissioner’s Cup: July 12- July 15
Jennie Finch Classic: July 12-15.
All-Star Village: July 13-16
All-Star Futures Game: July 13
All-Star Celebrity Softball: July 13
MLB Draft Opening Night: July 14
Home Run Derby: July 15
All-Star Red Carpet Show:July 16
MLB All-Star Game presented: July 16

Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.

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Bullfighter starts early training for his future dream job

Published

6 days ago

07/10/2024

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By JORDAN NEAL
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When most young kids get into rodeo, the craziest ones might be lucky enough to ride small bucking horses and maybe bulls in their late teens.
Then there is 12-year-old Riggin Garrett, who is already pursuing what he hopes is his future career as a bullfighter. It is a dream he began trying out several years ago at rodeos in and around this county.
This is not the Spanish variation of bullfighting where they end up killing the bull, this is “freestyle bullfighting” which is more popular in America. Here bullfighters attempt to make the bull look a fool, using their athleticism to barely dodge them, put their hats on their heads, leap over them and sometimes use a barrel as a prop. They also work as protection for the cowboys during the bull riding to help save bucked off riders.
In competition, both the bullfighter and the bull are judged after a 60-70 second encounter with points scored due to the various maneuvers pulled off.
Garrett is the son of Keysha Avens and Shane Garrett, and will be going into seventh grade at Saint Jo. As long as he can remember, Garrett has always been interested in bullfighting.

Read the full feature in the mid-week Bowie News.

Top Photo by J. Kelley Photography.

CORRECTION – In the mid-week Bowie News, the photographer for the picture on the top of page 1B was misidentified. The photo came from J. Kelley Photography, not Andre Silva as stated. We apologize for this error.