SPORTS
Bowie, Nocona lifters compete at Breckenridge and Valley View
The Bowie boys and Nocona powerlifting teams competed at recent meets and did well while getting some work in improving totals.
The Jackrabbits competed at Breckenridge back on Feb. 1 and finished third overall. Nocona competed at Valley View on Thursday and the Lady Indians got second and the Indians placed in fifth place.
Bowie had eight lifters finish in the top five in their weight classes and scored points for the team. Two of the lifters won their weight class.
Noah Brown won the 275 class while lifting 1,280 total pounds. Jacobi McGregor won the super heavy weight class by lifting 1,260 pounds.
Tripp Brewer finished second in the 198 class. Patel Shiv, Gavyn Brown and Cooper McShan all finished third in the 123, 132 and 148 classes. Noah Metzler and Jett Black both finished fifth in the 181 and 198 classes.
The Lady Indians had six lifters finish in the top five in their weight class. Three of them were in first place in their weight class.
Kaitlyn Tiffner won the 97 class by lifting a total of 445. Savannah Wade won the 114 class as she lifted 585 pounds. Kylea Wallace won the 123 class as she totaled 520 pounds.
Yazmin Ibarra and Caris Johnson both finished second in the 123 and 132 classes. Jacie Pirkey finished third in the 148 class, only five pounds behind second place.
The Indians team had four lifters earn points by finishing among the top five in their weight class. There was one lifter who won his weight class.
Mitchell Gaston finished first in the 123 class as he lifted a total of 580 pounds.
Kaden Wallace and Hayden Matthews both finished second in the 114 and 242 classes. Josiah Messer rounded out the team by finishing fifth in the 198 class.
To see totals for all lifters from Bowie and Nocona who completed all three lifts, pick up a copy of 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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