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.
The Red River High School Bass Club competed on Saturday at Eagle Mount Lake as the club finished fifth overall out of 28 clubs.
The club had two teams that brought in fish at the end of the day, but one also finished highly.
The team of Carson Caudle and Hunter Blackburn got fourth overall out of more than 100 teams. The pair caught three fish that weighed in at 7.99 pounds.
The club had one more pair that brought in fish. Walker Strahan and Bryce Ramsey got one fish that weighed in a 1.95 pounds that was good for 33rd place.
Only 37 out of the 126 teams were fortunate enough to bring fish to the weigh-in.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie
Superlatives
Offensive most valuable player: Rayder Mann
First team
Gaige Goodman
Second team
Boston Farris
Honorable mention
Adam Pickett, Bradly Horton, Braden Rhyne
Academic all-district
Hayden Sutton, Keller Dosch, Anthony Jaraleno, Finn Riddle, Tyler Richey, Adam Pickett, Bradly Horton, Hayden Heugatter, Boston Farris, Rayder Mann
Nocona
Superlatives
Co-newcomer of the year: Landon Fatheree
Fighting heart award: Jose Gomez Jr.
First team
Karson Kleinhans, Oscar Salomon-Gomez
Second team
Zyrus Moreno, Walker Murphey
Honorable mention
Adrian Gutierrez
Academic all-district
Jose Gomez Jr., Kyle Waters, Kasch Johnson, RJ Walker, William Henley, Skye Kirby, Landon Fatheree, Karson Kleinhans, Oscar Salomon-Gomez, Zyrus Moreno, Walker Murphey, Adrian Gutierrez
1A
Superlatives: Jesus Sanchez, Forestburg, most valuable player; Barrett Johnson, Saint Jo, offensive MVP; Evan Chavez, Bellevue, sixth man of the year; Camden Dreyer, Gold-Burg, co-newcomer of the year; Josiah Wadsworth, Forestburg, co-newcomer of the year; Curtis Enis, Forestburg, coach of the year
First team
Ryan Jones, Bellevue; Jesse Wadsworth, Forestburg; Kyler Willett, Forestburg; Lee Yeley, Saint Jo; Trent Gaston, Saint Jo
Second team
Aaron Allison, Bellevue; Brycen Bancroft, Bellevue; River Trail, Bellevue; Jayton Epperson, Gold-Burg; Trae Campbell, Prairie Valley; Zeke Bonn, Saint Jo; Landon Shannon, Saint Jo
Honorable mention
Bryce Ramsey, Bellevue; Brenna Criswell, Bellevue; Eli White-Freeland, Gold-Burg; Keelyn Case, Gold-Burg; Barrett Allen, Gold-Burg; Angel Cruz, Forestburg; Hayden Halliburton, Forestburg; John Carranza, Forestburg; Hunter Camden, Prairie Valley; Jarrett Horton, Prairie Valley; Landen Williams, Saint Jo; Jayden Curry, Saint Jo; Colton Curry, Saint Jo
Academic all-district
Bellevue: Walker Strahan, Brycen Bancroft, Bryce Ramsey, Will Bonds, Cowyn Langford
Forestburg: Rafeal Sanchez, Josiah Wadsworth, Tristan Cumby, Hayden Halliburton, Jesse Wadsworth
Prairie Valley: Hunter Camden, Jarrett Horton, Josh Stout, Dayne Sadler, Kasey Caruthers
Saint Jo: Jayden Curry, Colton Curry, Landon Shannon, Barrett Johnson, Trent Gaston, Zeke Bonn, Lee Yeley
Gold-Burg: Levi Hellinger, Brady Allen, Barrett Allen
For pictures from players from every team, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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