SPORTS
District track has big winners
Last week all area schools competed in their district track meets to see who would move on to the area meet.
Bowie competed in the 3A meet at Iowa Park, Nocona competed at the 2A meet in Petrolia and all of the area 1A schools competed at Bowie.
For athletes or relay teams to qualify for area meet, they must have finished in the top four in their event. It would take up too much room to list every single athlete who qualified for area, so compare with the results listed at the end to see who went through.
The Bowie boy’s team finished third overall while the Lady Rabbits team got seventh overall. The athlete who won their event was Tyler Richey in the pole vault event.
For Nocona, the boy’s team reported finishing third overall and the girl’s team finished fourth overall. Athletes who won their event included Gracie Brown winning the 200 and 400 meter races, Ava Johnson winning the 100 meters, Kyle Waters winning the 400 meter race and the girl 4×400 relay team winning first overall.
The 1A meet saw both Saint Jo teams win the district title. Girl athletes who won their events included Savannah Hill in the 100 and 300 meter hurdles, Maxey Johnson in the shot put, Bryndle Brewer in the 400 meters and all three relay teams.
The boy athletes who won their events were Damon Byrd in the 100 meters, long and triple jump, Lee Yeley in the 200 meters and high jump, Barrett Johnson in the 400 meters, Jayden Curry in the 1600 and 3200 meter races, Trent Gaston in the 110 meter hurdles, Devin Stewart in the 300 meter hurdles and the 4×200 and 4×400 meter relay teams.
The Gold-Burg boy’s team finished second overall while the girls team got sixth place. The Bears who finished first place in their events were the boy’s 4×100 relay team and Eli White-Freeland who won the discus.
The Bellevue Lady Eagles team finished second overall while the boy’s team got sixth place. Individual highlights included Mattie Broussard winning the 3200, 1600 and 800 meter races while Mary Grace Broussard won the long jump.
The Forestburg boy’s team got third place while the Lady Horns team got fourth place. Athletes who won their events included Brenna Briles in the 100 meter, 200 meter, high jump and triple jump, Jesse Wadsworth in the 800 meters and Jesus Sanchez in the shot put.
Both Prairie Valley teams got fifth place overall and the athlete who won their event was Josh Stout in the pole vault.
To see track results for all local varsity athletes who finished in the top six in their event and scored points toward their team total, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
For photos from the 1A district meet, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6874154&T=1
For photos from Bowie’s district meet, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6874155&T=1
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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