SPORTS
Area athletes run well at Alvord cross country meet
Runners from Bowie, Nocona, Prairie Valley, Forestburg and Bellevue ran at the Wyatt Dickerson Invitational meet in Alvord on Wednesday.
Bowie put on both boy’s and girl’s teams who finished third and fifth while the Nocona boy’s team earned fourth place and the Bellevue girl’s team placed sixth overall.
The Bowie boys were just two points off from second place Sanger and 12 points from first place Slidell.
The Jackrabbits were led by Isaac Renteria and Brayden Willett who finished in first and second place, Renteria with a time of 16:51 and Willett 17:19. Bowie’s top five runners included Monte Mayfield (21st), Judah Livsey (24th) and Jackson Frie (27th).
The Lady Rabbits were led by Ollie Gaston who finished 14th overall with a time of 13:40. Bowie’s top five runners included Laney Seguria (18th), Bella Lozano (25th), Harlei Hudson (40th) and Brilee Lemons (54th).
For the Nocona boys team, Freddy Duran was the team’s top runner who placed 13th overall with a time of 19:07. The Indians top five runners were Andrew Perez (18th), Omar Salinas (20th), Emilio Rocha (38th) and Corbyn Patton (45th).
The Lady Indians had only runner compete for them, but Bayler Smith made an impact as she finished third overall with a time of 12:34.
It was just one place and one second behind Bellevue girl’s top runner Mattie Broussard who got second place with a time of 12:33.
The Lady Eagles top five runners included Brittany Gill (31st), Mary Grace Broussard (38th), Kaycee Conner (44th and Tristan Shook (51st).
Prairie Valley had two high school runners compete, one in the boys and one in the girl’s race. Josh Stout finished eighth overall with at time of 18:48. Linzie Priddy got 22nd overall with a time of 14:01.
The Bellevue boy’s team had three runners compete. River Trail was the team’s fastest runner who got 30th with a time of 20:41. The Eagles other two runners were Brycen Bancroft (47th) and Hunter Blackburn (64th).
Forestburg had two runners compete who were brothers. Josiah Wadsworth was the faster one that day, earning 41st place with a time of 21:36. That was two places better and 15 seconds faster than Jesse Wadsworth.
To see results for all area varsity runners, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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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