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.
Nocona and Forestburg had differing results to the starts of their volleyball playoffs Oct. 30.
No.7 in Class 2A Nocona opened with a 3-0 (25-13, 25-12, 25-11 win over Quanah. Ava Johnson, who recorded her 1,000th kill earlier in the week, led the way with 15 kills. She added 10 digs and two blocks.
Sy Parker added seven kills and two blocks. Maddyn Bowles had four kills and served up two aces while Aubrie Kabisch had three kills and had 10 digs. Aubree Kleinhans led the way with 11 digs and also in aces with five. Kasi Castro had eight assists and served three aces. Jolie Rose had 17 assists and six digs.
For further information, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bellevue, in its first volleyball playoff game in school history, gave it a solid shot Saturday against Crowell but a powerful front court enabled the Lady ‘Cats to move on in the Class A playoffs with a 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-18) win over the Lady Eagles.
Bellevue Coach Jamie Hickey was proud of her squad’s effort.
“We played how I expected for a team to play in their first ever playoff game,” Hickey said following the match at Iowa Park High. “Definitely some areas were noticed that need some work, but lots of room for growth and to build.”
For further information, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
In the playoffs, being consistent is even more important than the regular season.
Bowie’s consistency ebbed and flowed Oct. 30 in its bi-district volleyball matchup with Peaster. The Lady ‘Hounds were able to capitalize on that and wound up knocking the Lady Rabbits out of the postseason with a 3-0 (25-14, 25-11, 25-19) win at Graham High School.
Bowie Coach Ashley Sanders said her squad never completely got on track.
“When you get to this level, into the postseason, you have to find the rhythm and that consistency and Peaster definitely had that,” Sanders said. “We struggled to find our consistency. We had our moments where we tied together some really good plays.”
For further information, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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