SPORTS
Prairie Valley hosts cross country meet
Cross country meets were happening all over on Wednesday as the area schools competed at Lindsay, Brock and Prairie Valley.
The team highlights included the Bowie boy’s winning first overall at Lindsay, the Gold-Burg boy’s winning first at Prairie Valley and both Saint Jo teams finishing in the top 10 at the big meet in Brock.
The Jackrabbits were led by Isaac Renteria and Brayden Willett, who finished first and second leading the team. Renteria had a time of 18:39 and Willett finished one second later. Both were more than a minute ahead of third place.
Bowie’s top five runners also include Monte Mayfield (9th), Jackson Frie (12th) and Hayden Sutton (14th).
Also in the boy’s race, Nocona, Bellevue and Forestburg had runners competing individually since they did not have a full team. The top Indian runner was Andrew Perez who finished fifth overall with a time of 21:00. The Longhorns only runner was Jesse Wadsworth who placed 11th with a time of 21:37. The Eagles first runner was River Trail who got 25th with a time of 25:25.
In the girls race at Lindsay, the Bellevue team finished third overall. Mattie Broussard was the team and meet’s top runner, finishing first with a time of 15:27. The Lady Eagles top five runners included Brittany Gill, (22nd), Mary Grace Broussard (23rd), Kaycee Conner (25th) and Tristan Shook (28th).
The Bowie girls’ team finished fourth overall. The Lady Rabbits top finisher was Ollie Gaston who placed sixth overall with at time of 16:41. The team’s top five runners included Bella Lozano (17th), Harlei Hudson (31st), Brilee Lemons (37th) and Isabella Caswell (38th).
The Nocona girls had one runner compete in the race. Bayler Smith finished second overall with a time of 15:38.
Prairie Valley hosted its own cross country meet and competed directly with Gold-Burg.
In the boy’s race, the Bears finished first overall. Claudio Segura was the team’s top runner who got first with a time of 18:27. Gold-Burg’s top five runners included Isaiah Willett (3rd), Jorge Montes (5th), Efren Villegas (6th) and Brady Allen (7th).
The Prairie Valley boy’s top runner was Josh Stout who got second with a time of 19:32. The Bulldogs top five runners were Dayne Sadler (4th), Aiden Clopton (8th), Sawyer Bray (10th) and Brody Tournay (12th).
The girl’s race had only two competitors. Linzie Priddy from Prairie Valley won first with a time of 14:20. Alyson Rojas from Gold-Burg got second with a time of 17:30.
Saint Jo participated in a huge meet at Brock that had at least 20 complete teams in each race.
The Lady Panthers placed ninth overall. The team was led by Savannah Hill who finished 32nd with a time of 13:49. Saint Jo’s top five runners were Abigail Carter (45th), Taylor Patrick (50th), Kaycee Clark (67th) and Jordyn O’Neal (95th).
The Saint Jo boy’s team got 10th overall. The team’s top runner was Jayden Curry who finished 20th with a time of 18:15. The Panthers top five runners were Barrett Johnson (24th), Elijah Young (26th), Julian Luna (57th) and Ayden Giambruno (98th).
To see results for all area high school runners, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
In its’ second consecutive playoff trip, Bowie’s volleyball team gave it a valiant effort against San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy. The Eagles proved to be too much with an athletic frontcourt proving too much in a 3-0 win (25-20,25-21,25-18) Oct. 29 at Breckenridge High.
Bowie led midway though all three sets but the Eagles were able to come from behind and pull out the win.
The Eagles got out quickly with a 5-0 lead in the opener. The Lady Rabbits showed some gumption and stormed right back with a Taelyn Webb dink breaking serve. Junior Molly Enlow rolled off four points to knot the game at five. KP Rutherford’s kil kept the drive alive.
Olivia Stewart’s kill set the stage for Serenity Klump’s three-point string. Frontcourt work by Ellie Mowery and Stewart allowed Bowie to take a 10-9 lead. Bowie maintained the lead thanks to dinks by Abby Reneau and Stewart, which forced the Eagles into a timeout.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
In its first playoff game of 2026, Saint Jo took control after a slow start and wound up cruising past Garner 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-16) in a Class A area round game Nov. 2.
The Lady Panthers will face Strawn, which swept Crowell in the area round, next. No further details were available as of press time.
The Lady Longhorns showed they were ready to play in the early going, getting out to a 9-4 lead in game one. Saint Jo broke serve and used a pair of Kamron Skidmore points, aided by Savannah Hill kills on both points to get within one.
Garner led by six midway through the set before Hill’s five-point serving run, helped along by a Skidmore kill to draw within 13-14. A Skidmore kill was followed by two Skidmore points, including an ace, to tie the game at 19.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Several county schools will have runners at the state cross country meet Nov. 7 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock.
Bowie, which qualified for regionals with a 3rd place finish at the District 6-3A Meet, will have both Brayden Willett and Kellen Rater, who finished in the top 10 individually. Willett finished 3rd in the Class 3A Region I Meet in Lubbock with a time of 16:17.20. Kellen Rater finished 10th with a time of 16:51.60.
Other Rabbits competing were Hayden Cox with a time of 18:56.30, Hayden Sutton in 19:41.60, Taven Melton in 19:59.20. Coleman Holloway in 20:26.80and Jaxon Castro in 20:56.10.
The top 10 individuals and top four teams from each region qualify for State.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
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