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CROSS COUNTRY: Nocona girls win at Assault At Eagle Summit

Published

11 years ago

09/23/2015

The Nocona High School girls’ cross country team – spearheaded by Maria Hernandez’s first-place performance – won the Assault at Eagle Summit in Decatur on Saturday, Sept. 12.
Hernandez clocked in with a winning time of 12 minutes, 59.82 seconds.
Crystal Duarte backed up Hernandez’s effort, getting second in 13:41.72. And Daisy Ibarra also placed in the top-10 for Nocona. (7th, 14:33.55).
Overall, Nocona won the 1A-3A meet with 30 points, 50 less than Vernon. Saint Jo was sixth with 130 points. The course covered 3,200 meters.
Saint Jo’s Emily Haney provided the Lady Panthers with their best effort, grabbing 21st in a time of 15:46.50.
Nocona didn’t have enough runners for a counted score on the boys’ side.
Joan Gomez, Luis Rico and Brayden Skinner all raced in with top-10 performances. Gomez was seventh (19:23.93), Rico eighth (19:24.64) and Skinner ninth (19:37.21).
Skyler Sandusky from Forestburg ran in the junior varsity division, and he picked up fourth place with a time of 21:58.62. Read more, and see complete statistics, in the weekend Bowie News.

Members of the Nocona High School cross country team celebrate their accomplishments after competing at The Assault On Eagle Summit in Decatur on Sept. 12. They ran on one of the toughest courses in the region. (Courtesy photo)

SPORTS

Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

5 days ago

05/07/2026

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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.

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Willett, Richey off to State

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5 days ago

05/07/2026

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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 2^nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9^th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3^rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4^th 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 6^th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8^th with a time of 3:30.76.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Fourteen track athletes head to State

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5 days ago

05/07/2026

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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 2^nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2^nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2^nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6^th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8^th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.