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Bowie girls golf competes at regionals
While the Bowie boy’s golf team qualified for the state tournament, several other area teams and athletes competed last week at the regional tournament.
The Bowie girl’s team finished ninth while Prairie Valley and Bellevue girl teams placed ninth and 10th.
The Lady Rabbits played at the Shady Oaks course in Baird. Miley Thompson shot the lowest two-day total, shooting 94-95 for 189 and finishing tied for 30th individually.
Tess Egenbacher not far behind, shooting 99-94 for 193 total and finishing tied for 34th. Emily Cueva shot 104-99 for 203 total and placed 44th. Emma Read shot 107-104 for 211 total and got 57th. Kendall Fallis shot 106-115 for 221 total to finishing tied for 68.
The Prairie Valley and Bellevue girl teams played at the Mount Pleasant Country Club.
The first day scores were not as good as usual, but conditions were much improved on day two. The Lady Bulldogs improved their score by 51 strokes to jump ahead of the Lady Eagles, who posted nearly identical scores on both days.
Prairie Valley was led by Linzie Priddy who shot 131-115 for a 246 total. Avaree Woodyard shot 139-121 for a 260 total. Renee Stout shot 138-131 for a 269 total. Abbie Pepper shot 143-134 to combine for 277.
For Bellevue, Cirsten Allen shot 131-124 for a total of 255 that led the team. Callie Martin shot 126-134 for a 260 total. Karis Denson shot 135-147 to total 282. Patience Ramsey shot 154-134 to get 288.
There were two individual boy players who competed at regionals.
From Nocona, Johnny Stone played at the Old Brickyard course in Ferris.
The conditions on day one were good, but rain and wind affected his scores a bit on day two. He shot 84-92 for a total of 176.
From Saint Jo, Julian Luna competed in the boy’s tournament at Mount Pleasant. He shot 116-113 for a total of 229.
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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