SPORTS
Three boy lifters qualify for state meet
Montague County will be sending three boys to the state powerlifting meet from Bowie and Nocona.
Robert Zambrano and Jorge De Leon from Bowie won their weight classes while Mathew Johnson from Nocona got second in his while competing at the regional meets on March 4 at Decatur.
The Jackrabbits had six lifters who qualified for regionals, but three completed all three lifts. Zambrano, who qualified for the state meet last year, won the 148 pound weight class as he lifted a total of 1,270 pounds. Zambrano broke his weight class’ regional bench press record as he lifted 340 pounds.
De Leon also broke a regional record, squatting 735 pounds as he won the 308 pound weight class. He lifted a total of 1,695 pounds.
Bowie’s other lifter was Landyn Walker who finished seventh in the 308 pound class as he lifted 1,085 total pounds.
For Nocona, Johnson finished second in the 275 pound weight class as he lifted 1,495 pounds. His 590 pound deadlift set a regional record within his weight class.
The Indians had two other lifters compete and both completed all three lifts.
Kaeden Wallace finished sixth in the 114 class as he lifted 710 total pounds. Omar Salinas got eighth in the 123 class as he lifted 730 total pounds.
The boy’s state powerlifting meet is scheduled for March 21-22 at the Taylor Expo Center in Abilene.
The boy’s from Bowie will lift in Division 3 on March 21 while Johnson from Nocona will lift in Division 4 on March 22.
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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