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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Abilene awarded 6-man championships

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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) 

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Bowie Sports Banquet

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The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.

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Chisholm Trail Rodeo entertains crowd

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A steer wrestler gets a good grip as he comes off his horse to get the steer on the ground. (Photo by Benjimen Barker from J Bar S Photography)

The 72nd Chisholm Trail Rodeo was a big success on Friday and Saturday nights at Nocona.
The rodeo had big crowds and saw some good competition from both local and far reaching talent.
Winners in the events included Zach Hibler in bareback riding, Lindsey Muggli in barrel racing, Ashley Goforth in breakaway roping, Leanardo Lima in bull riding, Cody McCartney in calf roping, Thomas Moellering in ranch bronc riding, Wacey Hathcock in saddle bronc riding, Renato Finazzi in steer wrestling, Rowdy Jones and Rance Doyal in team roping.

To see full results and more pictures, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Saint Jo pair heading back to state tennis

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Saint Jo girl’s doubles team Kyler Dunn and Taylor Patrick won the 1A region III tournament to earn a second straight trip to state. (Courtesy photo)

The regional tennis tournaments were late last week in North Richland Hills and a doubles team is moving on to state.
The Saint Jo girl’s doubles team Kyler Dunn and Taylor Patrick won the 1A region III tournament and will return to state for the second straight year.
The pair rolled through teams from Morgan, Dodd City, Priddy before beating a Graford team in the finals. The pair did not lose a set and only lost five of the 53 games it played, never losing more than one in a set.
The team made it to state last year after finishing second at regionals and won a match at the state meet against a team from Vernon Northside. They then lost to the eventual state champion team from Utopia and finished tied for third place.
They will be the only tennis players from Montague County playing at state this week as others did not have as successful regional tournament.
The Saint Jo teammates and fellow girl’s doubles team Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson won their first match against Ector 6-1, 6-4, but fell in their next match against Lometa, 6-1, 6-1.
From Prairie Valley, Case Carpenter was competing in boy’s singles. His first match was a draining two and half hour battle against a player from Strawn Carpenter came through in the three-set battle, winning 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
Unfortunately, the magic was not there in the second game. Paired against the eventual tournament champion from Gustine, Carpenter lost 6-0, 6-1.
From Gold-Burg, Alyson Rojas and Jimena Garcia competed in girl’s singles. Rojas won her first match against a girl from Avinger 7-6, 6-2. Unfortunately, the next match she lost to a girl from Graford 6-0, 6-0 to end her tournament.
Garcia lost a tough first match against a player from Ector. Both sets could have gone either way with the scores being 6-4, 7-5 to the winner.
The mixed doubles team from Forestburg, Jesse Wadsworth and Alli Cisneros, also did not make it through.
From Nocona, Kaygan Stone was playing in the girl’s singles 2A region II tournament.
Unfortunately, she got paired against the player who would go on to win the tournament in the first round to end her season.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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