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Results a mess at Alvord cross country meet

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Bowie, Nocona, Saint Jo, Prairie Valley and Gold-Burg cross country teams ran at Alvord on Wednesday morning to compete in the big meet.
It was a tough meet with the temperatures higher than they have been and the humidity reported to affect some runners.
Unfortunately, results were messed up for all racers involved according to the coaches who got back with us, which left them scrambling to get any sort of results they could.
Some coaches had times and the order of the finish for their athletes while some had less than that.
For Bowie Coach Andy Atkins, he knows his top boy’s runner Nathan Rodgers placed inside the top 10, but does not have his time. He also is sure Sebastian Martinez and Liam Perez are both in the top 30. On the girl’s side his top runner Jojo Villarreal he said ran 14:23, but is not sure where she finished.
He does know it was a good test for his group as it gets ready for district coming up in early October.
“We feel we have a real good opportunity to show the district we have been working really hard and the boys are ready to give their best,” Atkins said. “The Alvord meet was tough with the heat and difficult terrain. We are looking forward to some good runs at Brock next week.”
At Nocona, Coach Kyle Spitzer has all five of his runners times and places listed. Bayler Smith finished third and ran 12:25; Jayce Rose finished 31st with a time of 13:47; Ayden Patton finished 55th with a time of 14:33; Reagan Phipps finished 63rd with a time of 14:47 and Alexa Sosa finished 96th with a time of 17:14.
Despite the conditions, Spitzer said all five runners ran a personal best. He hopes to have two more runners ready for next week in Lindsay.
The Nocona boy’s team was not so lucky as Coach Brody Wilson was not in position to get anything more than the order his team finished in: Freddy Duran, Alex Stephens, Claudio Segura, Ivan Hernandez, Emilio Rocha, and Andrew Perez.
Prairie Valley, boy’s coach Seth Stephens knows his runners’ times and the order they finished, but nothing else. Eli Croxton ran 20:40; Tyson Easterling ran 22:50; Michael Cole ran 23:45; Dakota Fore ran 25:13 and James Wells ran 29:15.
Stephens said he thinks the heat might have affected his runners as all ran slower than expected, but he is not worried since it was only their second race.
At Gold-Burg, boy’s coach Jesse Vaughn reported Isaac Renteria got fourth overall with a time of 18:50.
He only got the time for his other two runners, Jack Henry running 24:21 and Paul Jones running 24:40.
“I felt the boys ran well considering for many of them it was their first meet of the year,” Vaughn said. “We know we have a lot of work to do, but we like where we are at right now and the boys are excited to keep working to get better as the season progresses.”
The Prairie Valley girls and Saint Jo teams did not get back in time for publication.

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Nocona raising money for Gomez family

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Nocona football senior Jose Gomez suffered a severe head injury on Sept. 27 during the Indians football game against Alvord. While he has been released from the hospital, the Nocona community is planning to raise some money for his family for his medical expenses. On Oct. 10, the Nocona Church of Christ will have a spaghetti dinner from 6-8 p.m. Tickes can be purchased at Nocona’s Grace & Grit Boutique. On Oct. 11 from 6-8 p.m. there will be a sip and shot at Grace & Grit, with 10% of the sales going to towards the family. From Oct. 9 -Oct. 12 there will be a silent auction at Grace & Grit. You can bid in person at the store or on the Facebook page. Bidding will close at 4 p.m. Winners will be contacted on Oct. 14 for payment and to pick up the items. For those wanting to donate to the silent auction, you can message Grace & Grit on Facebook.

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Area athletes run at Midway

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Runners from Bowie, Gold-Burg, Prairie Valley, Forestburg and Bellevue ran at Henrietta Midway on Wednesday.
Some highlights included the Bowie boys finishing first overall both as a team and individually while Bellevue had the top runner in the girl’s race.
The Jackrabbits were led by Isaac Renteria and Brayden Willett who finished first and second overall, with Renteria getting a time of 17:28. Bowie’s top five runners also included Russell Anderson (9th), Monte Mayfield (11th) and Hayden Sutton (18th).
The Lady Rabbits team finished fourth overall with the top runner Ollie Gaston earning seventh place with a time of 13:47. Bowie’s top five runners included Bella Lozano (12th), Laney Segura (30th), Isabella Caswell (50th) and Brilee Lemons (51st).
The Bellevue Lady Eagles finished sixth overall and top runner Mattie Broussard got first overall with a time of 13:11. Bellevue’s top five runners included Kaycee Conner (36th), Marcy Grace Broussard (37th), Tristan Shook (44th) and Brooklyn Shook (58th).
The next top team was the Gold-Burg boy’s team who got 11th place. Effren Villgegas was the Bears first runner who finished 50th with a time of 23:24. Gold-Burg’s top five runners included Corbin Gilbert (55th), Isaiah Willett (65th), Jorge Montes (67th) and Mason Marshall (75th).
The Bellevue boy’s team placed right behind Gold-Burg in 12th place. The Eagles top runner was River Trail who finished 57th with a time of 24:28. The top five runners on the team were Brycen Bancroft (63rd), Ryan Jones (69th), Brennan Criswell (74th) and Bryce Ramsey (80th).
Not all schools had five runners to fill out a team and had its runners compete as individuals.
At Prairie Valley, Linzie Priddy got sixth in the girls race with a time of 13:46. The top boy runner for the Bulldogs was Josh Stout who finished in seventh place with a time of 19:16.
For Forestburg, the top runner was Jesse Wadsworth who got 14th in the boy’s race with a time of 20:18.
The Gold-Burg girls had Alyson Rojas compete where she finished 61st with a time of 19:51.

To see results of all high school runners from the meet, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Bowie tennis falls to Vernon/Iowa Park

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The Bowie tennis team had a tough week with losses against Vernon and Iowa Park on Monday and Tuesday.
Both matches were unfortunately one-sided 18-1 defeats as the Jackrabbits were overwhelmed by some of the best teams they faced all season.
Bowie first played Vernon. Originally the duel was scheduled for early in September, but weather meant it was pushed back. The Lions’ program is one of the best in the area and showed it.
The match the Jackrabbits won came with Cooper Martin winning his sixth position boy’s singles match 8-6.
Bowie nearly got another match to go its way, but lost in a third set tie breaker. Second position girls doubles team Willow Siebert and Alyssa Airington won the first set 6-4, but just barely lost set two 7-6. This set up a third set tie breaker where Vernon won 10-4.
The Jackrabbits then played Iowa Park and the result was similar though the team had a few closer matches.
Bowie’s one win came from the first position girl’s doubles team of Heidi Siebert and Laney Enlow. The pair lost the first set 6-2, but bounced back to win set two in dominating fashion 6-1. In the third set tie breaker, Siebert and Enlow were able to carry some of the momentum from the previous set as it won 10-6.
Technically, the Jackrabbits won one other match though it did not count. Seventh position girls’ singles Ava Dalme won her match 6-4.
Bowie nearly won two other matches, both of them girl’s singles matches. Heidi, playing in first position, narrowly lost her match 9-7. Lily Hodges, playing in fifth position, also lost her match by the score of 9-7.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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