SPORTS
Powerlifters qualify for state meet
After competing at the regional meet at Bells last week, the area has four girls that qualified for the state powerlifting meet.
Bowie’s Jeileigh Schaffer, Bellevue’s Brylie Hager and Nocona’s Kaitlyn Tiffner and Savannah Wade are all heading to the state meet after finishing in the top two in their weight class.
Bowie had four girls competing in division I. Schaffer got second in the 242 weight class, lifting a total of 685 pounds. Haley Henry earned points getting fourth place in the 114 class as the Lady Rabbits finished in ninth place overall. Alleson Aguirre earned sixth place in the 148 class and Trently Brewer failed to complete all three of her lifts, or bombed out.
Nocona had six girls competing in the 1A-2A division and had three lifters finish within the top five in their weight class to earn points as the Lady Indians finished fourth overall.
Tiffner earned her third straight trip to state, winning the 105 weight class with a total of 500 pounds. Wade won the 123 pound class as she lifted 695 total pounds.
While she missed out on qualifying for state, Jaelyn Rodriguez earned third place in the 220 class to round out Nocona’s scoring. Yazmin Ibarra and Kylea Wallace both got ninth place in their weight classes while Caris Johnson bombed out.
Bellevue, competing in the 1A-2A regional meet for the first time ever as a program, had Hager finish second in the 105 weight class as she lifted 485 total pounds. She becomes the first ever athlete from the school to qualify for the state meet.
The Lady Eagles had three other lifters compete as well. Brittany Gill earned eighth place, Ella Broussard got 10th place and Mary Grace Broussard ended up bombing out.
To read the full story and see results for all lifters from Bowie, Nocona and Bellevue, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Nocona golf teams competed at their hosted tournament at Indian Oaks Golf Course on March 12 and both did well.
The Lady Indians team finished second overall while the boy’s team got fourth.
The Nocona girl’s team shot 426 total and was led by Jessie Howard who shot a 97. The Lady Indians top four players included Estella Womble (104), Paige Davis (112) and Heidi Atteberry (113).
Alex Sosa shot 115 and Avery Crutsinger shot 119, but their scores did not count towards the team total.
The Nocona boy’s had two teams compete. The first team shot 349 overall and was led by Landon Fatheree who got a score of 78.
The team’s top four scorers included Jake Pribble (85), Kutter Cabrera (92) and Caden Gaston (94). Logan Gaston shot 97, but it did not count towards the team’s total.
The second team shot 370 overall and was led by Jax Fuller who shot 88. The team’s top four scorers included Jentry Miller (91), Brody Langford (92) and Caleb Cavallaro (99). Cooper Johnson shot 113, but it did not count towards the final total.
Stetson Forsyth competed individually and shot a 93.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona hosted a track meet on March 10 that featured four area schools.
Both Bowie track teams finished first overall ahead of Muenster in second place.
For Nocona, the boy’s team finished third and the girl’s team got fourth place. Saint Jo saw its girl’s team finish third and its boy’s team get fourth place. The Bellevue girls team got fifth place.
The Jackrabbit team won nine events. Isaac Renteria got first in the 800 meters, 1600 meters and 3200 meter races. Russell Anderson won both the 200 meter and 400 meter races.
Braden Rhyne won the 300 meter hurdles and Tyler Richey won the 110 meter hurdles. Jorge De Leon won the shot put event. Bowie closed out the meet by then winning the 4×400 meter relay race.
The Lady Rabbits had three first place finishes. Individually, Samara McChesney won the pole vault event. In the relays, both the 4×100 and 4×200 teams earned first place as well.
The Nocona boy’s team won only one event, but finished second in six events. McCrae Crossen won the pole vault event.
The Lady Indians finished first in five events. Grace Brown and Ava Johnson both won two races. Brown won the 400 and 800 meter races, Johnson won the 100 and 200 meter races. Nocona finished the meet winning the 4×400 meter relay.
For the Saint Jo girls team, the team won two events and got second in three events. Savannah Hill won the 300 meter hurdles and Bryndle Brewer won the long jump.
The Saint Jo boy’s team had Damon Byrd win both the long jump and triple jump as the Panthers finished second in two other events.
The Bellevue Lady Eagles had Mattie Broussard win the high jump and the 1600 meter race while the team got second in five other events.
To see results for all varsity athletes from Bowie, Nocona, Saint Jo and Bellevue who finished in sixth place or better, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
For pictures from some of the field events, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6873651&T=1
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