SPORTS
Five area schools run at meet in Wichita Falls
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.
Saint Jo clinched a playoff spot in their home finale. Nocona and Gold-Burg both suffered regular season losses.
Brief summaries of the games follow:
Tioga 50, Nocona 0
After losing a Nocona High students a few days before the Nov. 5 game, the Indians never fully recovered and wound up on the short end of the stick to the Bulldogs.
Nocona had just 95 yards of offense. Quarterback Brody Langford was 6-11 passing for 21 yards. Logan Gaston had 53 yards on 10 carries. McCrae Crossen had 22 yards on eight carries with Jax Fuller adding 18 yards on four totes.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Looking to get back to the State championship, Nocona’s volleyball team got off to a quick start in its area round matchup with Coleman Nov. 3.
A bit of a letdown in the middle games was rectified in game four, allowing the Lady Indians to post a 3-1 (25-12, 26-24, 22-25,25-13) victory. Nocona Coach Sandy Langford said getting back to its style of game helped.
“We’ve had to overcome a lot this week,” Langford said in reference to the school losing a student in an accident two days prior. “We talked during a timeout about getting back to playing fast which is more our style. Coleman had us playing a slower style of play and they took advantage of it.
The fast style of play benefitted the Lady Indians, who got out to a 4-0 lead in game one courtesy of Paige Davis. Maddyn Bowles added a kill to keep things moving.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
When you’re gunning for a playoff spot, playing error free football is paramount.
Or is it?
In a District 4-3A Division I battle for the fourth and final playoff spot, Bowie had made five turnovers in the first nearly three quarters but still managed to lead 21-17 late in the third quarter. The Jackrabbits received a pep talk from their coaches and did not turn the ball over again while receiving some clutch defense down the stretch in a much closer than it looked 42-17 win over the Boyd Yellowjackets.
With the victory, Bowie clinched its first playoff spot in football since 2017. The Jackrabbits, 1-3 in district and 5-5 overall, will travel to Cisco for a 6 p.m. Nov.13 game vs. defending state champion Wall, who is ranked No. 4.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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