SPORTS
1A golf teams qualify for regionals
The district golf tournament for the area 1A schools took place on April 1 at Indian Oaks Golf Course and several schools and players qualified for the regional tournament.
The Bellevue girl’s team finished first overall while its boy’s team placed third overall, missing out on qualifying for regionals by one stroke. The Prairie Valley girl’s team was the only other area team to qualify as it got second place.
The Lady Eagles shot 478 and their top player Callie Martin shot 117 to finish tied for third individually.
The Lady Bulldogs shot 489. Linzie Priddy shot 108 and finished eight shots ahead of second place, her teammate Avaree Woodyard who shot 116 as the duo finished first and second individually.
On the boy’s side, Bellevue shot 471 with Bryce Ramsey and Aaron Allison both shooting 113 to tie for seventh place individually.
The Gold-Burg boy’s team finished one shot back in fourth place at 472. Aidan Foster shot the lowest score for the Bears at 115 and was tied for ninth place individually.
The Saint Jo two boys competed individually, with one qualifying for regionals. Julian Luna shot 108 and finished in fifth place, getting the lowest score of any player not from first place Slidell.
To see full results for all area schools who competed at the district golf tournament, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Kally Jump will be taking over as head volleyball coach at Bowe High School.
Jump comes to town after a three-year stint as head coach at Class 4A Alvarado. She will be entering her 7th year of coaching this Fall. She replaces Ashley Sanders, who guide the team to a 6-6 finish in District 7-3A and a bi-district loss to Peaster.
After graduating from Tarleton State in 2020, she went to Itasca before going to Alvarado. With a number of family and friends in the area, Jump and her family decided to make the trip North.
Jump, who taught geometry and Algebra 2 at Alvarado, is the daughter of educators, She decided she wanted to be an educator when she was in elementary school.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
A solid day was had by Montague county high school tracksters at the State Track and Field Meet May 16 in Austin.
Bellevue’s Mattie Broussard had a pair of second place finishes in both the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.41 and the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:31.33. Broussard also was 4th in the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:22.18.
Her teammate Brylie Hager was 9th in the 110-meter hurdles in 19.93.
Forestburg’s Brenna Briles was 4th in the triple jump with a 35’9 1’2” leap. Her teammate Jocelyn Rich was 4th in the pole vault with a 9’ leap.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie had a pair of top four finishes at the State Track and Field Meet May 14.
Sophomore Brayden Willett made it onto the medal stand, finishing 3rd in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:17.89. Bowie junior Tyler Richey finished 4th in the pole vault after a 14’6” effort.
The top two finishers from Holliday, also in Bowie’s district, celebrated with him after he crossed the finish line.
“It was kind of surprising,” Willett said about Ryder and Noah Stroman embracing him in a celebratory hug. “They’re good guys, so it was kind of cool.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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