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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Abilene awarded 6-man championships
The University Interscholastic League has announced the state Six-man football championships will return to Abilene.
Games will take place on Dec. 12 at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene.
The Abilene Independent School District athletic department and the Abilene Convention and Visitors Bureau helped spearhead the return.
AISD athletic director Phil Blue said Abilene’s central location was a selling point, especially with the amount of Six-man football playing teams in West Texas.
“We are thrilled to host these prestigious championships,” Blue stated. “Abilene has a great central location that meets travel needs for all of these teams and a welcoming community that has such respect for smaller programs as we’ve proven over the last several years. Working together with Abilene CVB is a win for all.”
Abilene served as host city from 2005-06 and 2009-12. The past two years, games took place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
The expected economic impact for Abilene will be more than $120,000, according to Debi Schultz with the Abilene Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The Six-Man Division I game is set for noon, with the Division II game at 3 p.m.
Tickets will cost $12.
Saint Jo plays in Six-Man Division I, with Forestburg and Gold-Burg in Division II.
Tickets now on sale for state championships
The University Interscholastic League has announced tickets for the Conference 2A through 6A state football championships are now on sale.
The games will take place at NRG Stadium in Houston from Dec. 17-19, moving away from AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
All tickets may be purchased through Ticketmaster.com.
The cost of one ticket is $15, but it allows admittance to all games that day.
Schedule
Dec. 17
10 a.m., Conference 2A Division I
1 p.m., Conference 2A Division II
5 p.m., Conference 3A Division I
(This is Bowie’s conference)
8 p.m., Conference 3A Division II
(This is Nocona’s conference)
Dec. 18
Noon, Conference 4A Division I
4 p.m., Conference 4A Division II
4:30 p.m., Conference 5A Division I
Dec. 19
Noon, Conference 5A Division II
4 p.m., Conference 6A Division I
8 p.m., Conference 6A Division II
Ticketmaster links
For information and for links to purchase tickets, log onto the following web address, http://www.uiltexas.org/press-releases/detail/tickets-go-on-sale-saturday-for-uil-football-state-championships-at-nrg-sta.
Shotwell Stadium in Abilene once again will be the site of the University Interscholastic League Six-Man football championship games. (Courtesy photo by the Abilene Convention and Visitors Bureau)
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.
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