SPORTS
Area sending 16 to play in Oil Bowl
The 87th Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl Classic is happening this week and area schools have 16 players and one coach from five schools competing in it.
Players from Bowie, Nocona, Prairie Valley, Gold-Burg and Bellevue will play with and against the best graduating athletes in the Wichita Falls area.
It will be their last chance to put on their high school jersey and represent their school. For many, it also will be the last organized sports competition they will play on a big level.
The weekend kicks off on June 14 with the basketball all-star games at the old Rider High School gym. The girl’s game will play first at 6 p.m.
In that game, Prairie Valley’s Makaylee Gomez and Bowie’s Ziba Robbins will play on the west team. The east team will have Nocona’s Skyler Smith and Bellevue’s Cirstin Allen.
The boy’s basketball game will follow at 7:30 p.m. In that game, Prairie Valley’s Tyson Easterling and Nocona’s Javier Gaytan will both play for the east team.
On June 15, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m., again played at the old Rider High School’s gym.
The first game is the small school game, made up of athletes from 1A-2A.
In that game, Kasi Phillips from Prairie Valley and Jimena Garcia from Gold-Burg will play on the west team. Bren Fenoglio from Nocona will play on the east team along with her Coach Kara Lucherk.
Lucherk also will coach the east team in the big school game that will follow.
In that game, Bowie’s Olivia Gill will play for the west team.
The football game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Midwestern State University’s Memorial Stadium.
On the east team, Bowie’s Seth Mann and Troy Kesey will suit up.
Also on the east team, Nocona has Brady McCasland, Charlie Fuller, Johnny Stone and Cooper Waldrip playing as well.
To read the full story and see pictures of all 16 athletes, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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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