SPORTS
Area schools run at Chico; Nocona competes at Lipan
Several area schools ran at Chico on Wednesday morning while Nocona’s teams ran at Lipan.
The Bowie boy’s team second place finish was the highlight for all of the teams at both meets, while Gold-Burg’s Isaac Renteria’s first place finish was the best individual highlight.
The Jackrabbits were led by Alex Castro who finished fifth overall with a time of 18:22. The top five finishers for Bowie included Liam Pearson (12th), Ryder McChesney (22nd), Monte Mayfield (23rd) and Kaz Williams (42nd).
The Gold-Burg boy’s team finished in sixth place at the same race. Two-time state qualifier Renteria finished first with a time of 16:54. The Bears’ other top five runners included Hayden Chambers (27th), Paul Jones (40th), Jorge Montes (52nd) and Kingston Croxton (66th).
The Bellevue Lady Eagles were the top finishing girls’ team from the area finishing in sixth place. Brylie Hager led the team with a fifth place finish and a time of 13:46. Bellevue’s top five runners also included Brittany Gill (20th), Kaycee Conner (29th), Tristan Shook (38th) and Mary Grace Broussard (55th).
The Bellevue boy’s team finished eighth overall. The team was led by River Trail finishing fourth overall with a time of 18:06. The Eagles top five runners also included Brycen Bancroft (37th), Ryan Jones (51st), Evan Chavez (57th) and Braden Moore (70th).
Some school teams did not have enough runners. In fact some were the only runners on their team.
From Forestburg, Justynne Roller finished 40th with a time of 16:35 in the girls race while Jesse Wadsworth finished 18th overall with a time of 20:44.
The Bowie girls were represented by Samara McChesney who finished 47th with a time of 17:13.
The Gold-Burg girl’s team had three girls run. Ollie Gaston was the top runner finishing 21st with a time of 15:09. Alyson Rojas and Raigen Hilton finished 59th and 60th.
The Nocona boy’s team finished sixth overall at Lipan. The Indians were led by Freddy Duran who finished 12th overall with a time of 17:37. Nocona’s top five finishers also included Claudio Segura (18th), Jhett Miller (34th), Karson Kleinhans (47th) and Landon Fatheree (50th).
The Nocona Lady Indians finished eighth overall and were led by Bayler Smith who finished 14th overall with a time of 12:39. Her top four teammates included Melissa Segura (34th), Jayce Rose (44th), Jolie Rose (45th) and Reagan Phipps (70th).
Results for all high school runners from the schools in the story are in the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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