SPORTS
Girls basketball district honors released
With the basketball season now over for all of the girl’s teams in the area, all-district selections have now been officially released.
The Bowie Lady Rabbits team had seven players earn honorable mention honors. The players were Ziba Robbins, Maycie Metzler, Allie Parr, Emily Cueva, Melenie Cantu, Kayliegh Crow and Ella Richey.
The Nocona Lady Indians won district and were the 2A state runners-up so they had plenty of honors to go around. Skyler Smith and Meg Meekins were the district’s co-most valuable players. Sadie Jacobs was the district’s newcomer of the year.
Reagan Phipps and Avery Crutsinger were named to the first team. Aubree Kleinhans and Jolie Rose were on the second team.
For the area schools in the 1A classification, Saint Jo was the district champion. Taylor Patrick earned the district’s co-MVP honor. Payzlie Cervantes was named the district’s offensive MVP. The coaching staff honors went to them as well.
First team selections for the Lady Panthers were Kyler Dunn and Aubrey Morman. Second team honors went to Maxey Johnson and Jordyn O’Neal.
Forestburg was the district runners-up and got a couple of superlative awards. Brenna Briles was the district’s other co-MVP. Lili Cisneros was named the district’s newcomer of the year. Braylee Briles and Alli Cisneros were named to the district’s second team.
Bellevue squeaked into the playoffs and saw several players earn honors. Cirstin Allen was named the district’s sixth woman of the year, coming off the bench for the Lady Eagles.
Brylie Hager and Brittney Gill were given first team honors. Tristan Shook, Callie Martin and Mary Grace Broussard were named to the second team.
Prairie Valley saw Makaylee Gomez named to the first team. Natalee Young, Kenedy Stone and Linzie Priddy were named to the honorable mention team.
Gold-Burg saw Ollie Gaston, Jimena Garcia and Alyson Rojas given honorable mention honors.
The full results for area teams are in the weekend edition of the Bowie News, including academic all-district and every school’s honorable mention selections.
Saint Jo’s Firecracker 5K welcomed 100 runners for its 16th year on July 4th.
According to runsignup.com, Old Jo’s Firecracker 5K saw 100 runners of all ages register to kick off in downtown Saint Jo.
Brayden Willett, 14, Nocona, was the top male finisher with a time of 19:02.6. Sarah Rainey, 35, Saint Jo, was the top female finisher with 21:47.1.
In the male nine and under division, I. Miller, nine, Muenster, repeated his first place win from 2023 with at time of 34:52.8. E. Thomas, eight, no town listed, also repeated her win with a time of 31:58.5.
Emry Raney-Cavnar, 14, Ardmore, OK, won the male 10-14 group and E. Christensen, 11, Decatur, took the female race. In the male 15-19 division Luke Gehrig, 17, Muenster, won, while Sophia Christensen, 15, Decatur, took the ladies’ title.
See all the results and more photos in the weekend Bowie News.
Special appreciation to Jennifer Gaston Panther Photography for use of her photos.
Major League Baseball and the Texas Rangers have planned a full week of activities for 2024 All-Star Week taking place in Arlington, Fort Worth and the North Texas region from July 12-16.
The 94th Midsummer Classic will be played at Globe Life Field on July 16, marking the second All-Star Game to be hosted by the Rangers following the 1995 All-Star Game at The Ballpark in Arlington.
HBCU Swingman Classic: July 12
All-Star Commissioner’s Cup: July 12- July 15
Jennie Finch Classic: July 12-15.
All-Star Village: July 13-16
All-Star Futures Game: July 13
All-Star Celebrity Softball: July 13
MLB Draft Opening Night: July 14
Home Run Derby: July 15
All-Star Red Carpet Show:July 16
MLB All-Star Game presented: July 16
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
By JORDAN NEAL
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When most young kids get into rodeo, the craziest ones might be lucky enough to ride small bucking horses and maybe bulls in their late teens.
Then there is 12-year-old Riggin Garrett, who is already pursuing what he hopes is his future career as a bullfighter. It is a dream he began trying out several years ago at rodeos in and around this county.
This is not the Spanish variation of bullfighting where they end up killing the bull, this is “freestyle bullfighting” which is more popular in America. Here bullfighters attempt to make the bull look a fool, using their athleticism to barely dodge them, put their hats on their heads, leap over them and sometimes use a barrel as a prop. They also work as protection for the cowboys during the bull riding to help save bucked off riders.
In competition, both the bullfighter and the bull are judged after a 60-70 second encounter with points scored due to the various maneuvers pulled off.
Garrett is the son of Keysha Avens and Shane Garrett, and will be going into seventh grade at Saint Jo. As long as he can remember, Garrett has always been interested in bullfighting.
Read the full feature in the mid-week Bowie News.
Top Photo by J. Kelley Photography.
CORRECTION – In the mid-week Bowie News, the photographer for the picture on the top of page 1B was misidentified. The photo came from J. Kelley Photography, not Andre Silva as stated. We apologize for this error.
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