SPORTS
Montague County sending 14 to state meet
The regional track meets started on Friday and ended on Monday due to bad weather on day two. Montague County has 14 athletes who qualified for the state meet from six different schools.
Bowie competed at the 3A region I meet at Abilene Christian University. Nocona competed at the 2A region II meet at Springtown High School. All of the 1A schools competed in the region III meet at the University of North Texas.
The Jackrabbits have Tucker Jones heading back to the state meet for the second straight year in the 110 meter hurdles. He did it dramatic fashion.
Only the top two finishers in each event automatically qualify for the state meet. The one wildcard qualifier is the best of all third place finishers in the four regions.
Jones ran a personal best time of 14.73 seconds, which was not only the fastest time out of all the third place finishers, but was just six hundredths of a second faster than fourth place runner from Peaster in his race.
At Nocona, Graci Brown qualified in three of the four events she competed at state last year. Brown won the 400 meters, finished second in the 800 meters and elected to skip the long jump this year.
She anchored the 4×400 relay along with Ava Johnson, Ayden Patton and Meg Meekins. The team finished in third place, but like Jones got the wildcard spot with its time of 4:05 to qualify for state again.
At the 1A meet, there were several athletes who qualified for state after the first day of competition due to scheduling.
From Forestburg, Brenna Briles won the high jump by clearing 5-1. Reagan Ladewig finished second in the shot put with a throw of 32-10.
From Gold-Burg, Isaac Renteria qualified for the 3200 meter race for the second straight year. He finished third with a time of 10:19, also getting the wildcard position.
From Saint Jo, Damon Byrd won the long jump and got second in the triple jump. He jumped 21-3 in the long jump and 42-5 in the triple jump.
A few days later during the the running finals, Byrd would join the 4×200 meter relay team along with Blaine Penaluna, Devin Stewart and Lee Yeley that finished second with a time 1:33 to qualify for state.
From Prairie Valley, Linzie Priddy would earn her first state track appearance by finishing second in the 800 meter race with a time of 2:33, less than a second ahead of third place from Blum.
To read the full story and also see results for all area athletes who competed at the regional meets, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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