SCHOOL NEWS
Mighty Marching Maroon competes in rainy area contest
Bowie High School’s Mighty Marching Maroon competed in the area marching contest this past Saturday battling cold and rain, placing 14th out of 24 bands in the competition.
Director German Torres said while that was “Not necessarily where they wanted to be,” ending the season in the preliminaries, the students persevered through some unwanted conditions.
“They marched like champs being the first to compete Saturday. They took on some extra duties that we had not practiced throughout the season,” he said. “We are extremely proud of these students and look forward to continuing their journey this year,” said Torres.
They put up tents, covering everything in plastic, marched in ponchos and did it while trying to keep rain out of their faces added the director.
The director sent out appreciation to Robert Frick, junior high director, and Shawna Torres, choir and flag director, for their hard work in many areas. He also thanked the parents who helped with props, provided snacks and more. The band will now begin work on concert season with that competition in the spring.
Photo by Diane Weber showing the band in a wet and cold area contest last Saturday.
Abigail Hill, Nocona High School valedictorian, is the 2026 UIL feature writing state champion. Nocona faculty have been looking through school records and UIL records to see when Nocona last had someone won state. UIL record archives only date back to 1983 and they didn’t see anyone listed as winning a gold medal in Academic UIL. According to Nocona records, she is the first UIL Academic Champion since 1973. (Courtesy photo)
Bowie Elementary kindergarten students entertained the huge audience that attended the graduation ceremonies at the high school gym on May 21. Each kindergarten class performed a song for the guests. They also were invited to dress as their future career choice such as a doctor or a police officer.
Each class entertained with a song.
By Andy Newberry, MSU Texas
Midwestern State University junior Rykir Evans is not only building his skills during a NASA internship—he’s creating memories that will last a lifetime.
Evans has been a remote student at MSU Texas this semester while completing the internship. During that time, he had the opportunity to meet American naval aviator and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, as well as NASA Chief Flight Director Gene Kranz.
“It definitely has been an amazing experience thus far, and meeting all of the super inspirational figures in flesh and blood was definitely surreal,” Evans said.
Read the full story in Thursday’s Bowie News.
(Top photo) Rykir Evans had a chance meeting with Reid Wiseman NASA astronaut and commander of the Artemis II lunar fly-by mission. He also met famed NASA chief flight director Gene Kranz, who directed the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11.
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