SPORTS
Bowie boy’s cross country finishes second at district
The Bowie boy’s cross country team finished second at the district cross country meet at Holliday on a dreary Monday morning.
It was the program’s second straight district runner-up finish and will also make it the fifth year in a row to qualify for the regional meet.
They faced a stacked Holliday team made up of freshman that almost all finished in the top 10 and easily won first place. Henrietta was the other challenger and had two runners finish in the top 10.
Despite the Jackrabbits’ top runner Nathan Rodgers, who finished fourth overall with a time of 17:40, being the only runner to finish in the top 10 it was the strength of how consistently the next four Bowie runners finished which led to a second place finish.
James Fitch ended up just outside the top 10 in 11th place with a time of 18:36. Liam Pearson, Monte Mayfield and Ryder McChesney then finished 14th, 15th and 16th to complete the Jackrabbit’s scoring.
Though their points did not count towards the team’s total, the sixth and seventh runners were also running close together only a few spots back as Alex Castro and Ethan Malone finished 19th and 20th.
In the girl’s race before only Jojo Villarreal represented Bowie. She finished 28th overall with a time of 14:57 in the seniors final cross country race.
The junior varsity runners ran in the same race as the varsity in both and Bowie had half of the eight participants in the boy’s race. Jax Williams, Gavin Catano and Kaz Williams finished first, second and third among JV runners. Austin Jones then finished seventh.
Coach Andy Atkins was pleased overall with what he saw from his runners as they ran like they have been all season.
“Holliday is really good and we knew that coming in so we didn’t worry about that,” Atkins said. “We just wanted to run our race. I knew if we did then beating everyone else was well within reach. We did that and we actually ran really well. This is three years in a row of getting district champs or runners-up so I think we are doing pretty well. We are excited for regionals in a couple of weeks.
The regional meet is scheduled for Oct. 25 at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock. The team will have to finish among the top three or an individual will need to finish among the top 10 to qualify for the state meet.
To see times for all Bowie runners along with more pictures, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Nocona golf teams competed at their hosted tournament at Indian Oaks Golf Course on March 12 and both did well.
The Lady Indians team finished second overall while the boy’s team got fourth.
The Nocona girl’s team shot 426 total and was led by Jessie Howard who shot a 97. The Lady Indians top four players included Estella Womble (104), Paige Davis (112) and Heidi Atteberry (113).
Alex Sosa shot 115 and Avery Crutsinger shot 119, but their scores did not count towards the team total.
The Nocona boy’s had two teams compete. The first team shot 349 overall and was led by Landon Fatheree who got a score of 78.
The team’s top four scorers included Jake Pribble (85), Kutter Cabrera (92) and Caden Gaston (94). Logan Gaston shot 97, but it did not count towards the team’s total.
The second team shot 370 overall and was led by Jax Fuller who shot 88. The team’s top four scorers included Jentry Miller (91), Brody Langford (92) and Caleb Cavallaro (99). Cooper Johnson shot 113, but it did not count towards the final total.
Stetson Forsyth competed individually and shot a 93.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona hosted a track meet on March 10 that featured four area schools.
Both Bowie track teams finished first overall ahead of Muenster in second place.
For Nocona, the boy’s team finished third and the girl’s team got fourth place. Saint Jo saw its girl’s team finish third and its boy’s team get fourth place. The Bellevue girls team got fifth place.
The Jackrabbit team won nine events. Isaac Renteria got first in the 800 meters, 1600 meters and 3200 meter races. Russell Anderson won both the 200 meter and 400 meter races.
Braden Rhyne won the 300 meter hurdles and Tyler Richey won the 110 meter hurdles. Jorge De Leon won the shot put event. Bowie closed out the meet by then winning the 4×400 meter relay race.
The Lady Rabbits had three first place finishes. Individually, Samara McChesney won the pole vault event. In the relays, both the 4×100 and 4×200 teams earned first place as well.
The Nocona boy’s team won only one event, but finished second in six events. McCrae Crossen won the pole vault event.
The Lady Indians finished first in five events. Grace Brown and Ava Johnson both won two races. Brown won the 400 and 800 meter races, Johnson won the 100 and 200 meter races. Nocona finished the meet winning the 4×400 meter relay.
For the Saint Jo girls team, the team won two events and got second in three events. Savannah Hill won the 300 meter hurdles and Bryndle Brewer won the long jump.
The Saint Jo boy’s team had Damon Byrd win both the long jump and triple jump as the Panthers finished second in two other events.
The Bellevue Lady Eagles had Mattie Broussard win the high jump and the 1600 meter race while the team got second in five other events.
To see results for all varsity athletes from Bowie, Nocona, Saint Jo and Bellevue who finished in sixth place or better, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
For pictures from some of the field events, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6873651&T=1
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