SPORTS
Schools compete at area track meets
Area track meets took place last week as athletes competed for a chance to qualify for the regional meet.
Only the top four finishers in each event moved on for a chance to qualify for the state meet.
Bowie and Nocona both competed at Graham on April 10, but in different classifications, while all the area 1A schools competed on April 7 at Bryson.
On a team level, both Saint Jo teams again finished first overall by a significant margin. Bowie boy’s finished sixth overall, Nocona girls got third and the boy’s team finished ninth. The Bellevue girl’s team got fifth place and the Gold-Burg boy’s team finished in sixth place. Both Forestburg and Prairie Valley teams placed eighth and 11th places.
For Bowie, Tyler Richey had a great day winning the pole vault to qualify for regionals. Russell Anderson got second in the 400 meters while Brayden Willett finished fourth in the 1600 meters and Isaac Renteria fourth in the 3200 meters to all qualify. Braden Rhyne qualified in the 300 meter hurdles while finishing in fourth place.
For Nocona, Graci Brown won the 400 meters and finished second in the 200 meters to qualify. Caden Gaston got third in the high jump to qualify and the girls 4×400 meter relay team got second place as they move on as well.
The list for Saint Jo athletes alone that qualified for regionals is a long one that can be viewed by the results at the bottom. Therefore the athletes highlighted will be ones that won their events.
All three Lady Panther relay teams got first place while the Saint Jo boy’s relay teams won the 4×200 and 4×400 meter relays. Jayden Curry won the 1600 meter race, Barrett Johnson won the 400 meters, Savannah Hill won the 300 meter hurdles, Lee Yeley won the 200 meters. Maxey Johnson won both the discus and shot put while Damon Byrd won the triple and long jump events.
Forestburg saw Brenna Briles win the high jump and triple jump while she finished third in the 100 meter race.
Jesse Wadsworth won the 800 meter race and got third in the triple jump while Tye Reid finished fourth in the 110 meter hurdles. The boy’s 4×400 meter relay team finished fourth as well to qualify.
Bellevue’s results were dominated by Mattie Broussard getting first in the 800, 1600 and 3200 meter races. Tristan Shook got second in the pole vault and Emma Blaylock also finished second in the shot put.
For Gold-Burg, Eli White-Freeland got second in the discus and fourth in the shot put to qualify. The boy’s 4×100 meter relay team finished third overall to qualify for regionals as well.
For Prairie Valley, pole vaulters Josh Stout and Hunter Camden finished third and fourth to both qualify and move on.
To see results for all area athletes, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
For pictures from the running finals at the area meet at Graham that featured Bowie and Nocona athletes, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6874398&T=1
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.
-
NEWS2 years agoSuspect indicted, jailed in Tia Hutson murder
-
NEWS3 years ago2 hurt, 1 jailed after shooting incident north of Nocona
-
NEWS3 years agoSO investigating possible murder/suicide
-
NEWS3 years agoWreck takes the life of BHS teen, 16
-
NEWS3 years agoMurder unsolved – 1 year later Tia Hutson’s family angry, frustrated with no arrest
-
Show us something good9 years agoCountry music star children perform in Bowie
-
NEWS3 years ago
Sheriff’s office called out to infant’s death
-
100th Birthday4 years agoLooking back at the 1958 Centennial edition of The Bowie News