SPORTS
Football practices start next week
Monday is the start of the practices for fall high school sports across the state of Texas.
To beat the summer heat, most Montague County football teams will be practicing in the early morning or late afternoons to try and limit the amount of time their athletes are exposed to dangerously high temperatures.
For Bowie, Monday’s practice will go from 6-7:30 a.m. The next three days will be an hour longer from 6-8:30 a.m. before Friday’s is a bit shorter at 7-8:30 a.m.
Following Meet the Rabbits later that night, the team will suit up in pads for the celebrated Midnight Madness practice open to the public.
At Nocona, Monday’s practice goes from 7-10 a.m. The next three days practices will go from 6-9 a.m.
On Friday, the team will flip it to late at night. Film and weights will start at 8 p.m. before practice starts at 10 p.m. and go to 1 a.m.
Saint Jo’s practices will start every day next week at 7 a.m. and go until 10 a.m. with some weight room mixed in.
Gold-Burg’s practices will be 7-9 a.m. the first three days of practice while the final two days will be 30 minutes longer.
One school that is sticking with its normal practice time it will have during the school year from the start is Forestburg. Monday’s practice will go 3-6 p.m., Tuesday’s will go 30 minutes longer and Wednesday’s until 7 p.m.
Thursday’s practice will be earlier from 1:30-4:15 p.m. since Meet the Longhorn is during the regular practice time. Friday’s practice is normal 3-7 p.m. before first full contact practice is Saturday in the morning from 8-11:30 a.m.
Sunset native Cason Richey (right) and his team roping partner Beldon Cox from Weatherford repeated as the International Finals Youth Rodeo champions last weekend at Shawnee, OK. Richey and Cox won the previous year and were able to complete the repeat by catching three steers in a combined time of 16.6 seconds. Richey is expected to compete attend Texas Tech University this fall and compete on the rodeo team.
Nearly 600 youngsters signed up for this season of youth baseball sports through the BSA. The group celebrated with awards this past week and introduction of all its teams. See all the awards and photos from the night in the mid-week Bowie News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
The 2024 Summer Olympics is just a few weeks away taking place in Paris. The opening ceremonies will be July 26 and are planned to be unique as they take place along the Seine River that flows through Paris. Thomas Bach prepared this op-ed to welcome the world to Paris.
By Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee
The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 is only days away. The excitement gripping this nation is palpable.
As this unique festival of sport draws closer, we all are feeling that France and the French people are ready to welcome the world’s best athletes with the hospitality and passion for sport for which they are famous all around the world.
Already millions of people have greeted the Olympic flame on its journey around France with a huge wave of enthusiasm. All of us are looking forward to an unforgettable celebration of Olympic sport and French culture in the coming weeks.
Read the full story in the mid-week sports in your Bowie News.
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