SPORTS
OUTDOORS: NW Texas F&S offers hunter education course
Northwest Texas Field and Stream will have a hunter education class on Oct. 17 at the NWTFS building on Southwest Parkway in Wichita Falls.
The course is required for any hunter born after Sept. 1, 1971.
A hunter education deferral may be purchased by anyone 17 years of age and older in lieu of completing said education.
It’s valid for the current license year.
Hunters ages nine to 16 years old must have hunter education or be “accompanied” on a shoot.
The fee for the class is $15.
The class will run from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
For information, call 1-940-691-1141 during normal business hours from 1-5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
River Bend set for Halloween event
The annual Not-So-Scary Halloween event is set for 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 7 at River Bend Nature Center in Wichita Falls.
Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for children in costume and free for River Bend Nature Center members.
The event will feature food, crafts, games, a flashlight fun trail and birds of prey will be viewed.
There also will be a costume contest at 7:30 p.m.
For information, call River Bend Nature Center at 1-940-767-0843.
Catfish stockings are scheduled
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has announced the catfish stocking schedule for South Weeks Pond in Wichita Falls.
The stocking of channel cats are set for Oct. 16 and Oct. 30.
A valid fishing license is required to fish at the pond.
The daily bag limit is five catfish.
Hunter education course. (Metro graphic, used with permission)
SPORTS
Summer basketball camps are coming this week
With summer starting up, the first few days can be spent with kids spending some time learning basketball fundamentals and having fun at either Bowie or Nocona.
For Bowie kids, both boy and girl camps will be on May 28-30 and will cost $60 per camper. School employs will have to pay $50.
There will be two sessions for younger and older kids.
For the girl’s camp, incoming 2-5th graders will make up the younger kid session which will be at the junior high from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The older session will be incoming 6-9th graders which will be at the high school from 8:30-10:30 a.m.
The boy’s camp will have incoming campers from kindergarten to 5th grade in the first session at the junior high from 8:30-10:30 a.m.
The older session for incoming 6-9th graders will be scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the high school.
Both camp registration forms can be found on the Bowie ISD Athletics Facebook page.
Walk-ups on the first day also will be available.
Any questions can be emailed to Ryan Dykes at [email protected] for the boys camp and Matthew Miller at [email protected] for the girls camp.
For Nocona kids, both boy and girl basketball camps will be on May 28-30 and will cost $50 per camper.
The girl’s basketball camp will have incoming 5-9th graders in the high school gym from 9 a.m. to noon. The younger session of incoming kindergarteners to 4th graders will be at the elementary school gym from 1-3 p.m.
The boy’s basketball camp will have oncoming 5-9th graders at the elementary school gym from 9-11 a.m. The incoming kindergarteners to 4th graders will be in the high school gym from 12:30-3:30 p.m.
For more information on how to sign up ahead of time, email Kyle Spitzer at [email protected] for the girls camp and Brody Wilson at [email protected] for the boys camp.
SPORTS
Gold-Burg Sports Awards
Gold-Burg hosted its high school awards banquet on May 16. Jayon Grace was chosen for the boy’s Iron Bear award, given to the best overall athlete by Coach Christian Healer.
To see pictures of all of the team award winners, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
SPORTS
Bellevue starting a powerlifting program
Bellevue High School is planning on adding another sport next school year and a new hire was the catalyst.
Carrington Davis thought she was just going in to interview for the open elementary teacher position. During the interview, Principal Lori Shoemaker brought up her powerlifting past.
Davis, a 2019 graduate from Bowie, spent all four years in high school lifting on top of playing softball, doing well enough to make it to the state meet every year and earning fifth and second place medals her last two seasons.
Since then, while going to college at Midwestern State University, she has stayed in the powerlifting world by serving as a judge at meets the last five years.
“I think it changes your perspective on the sport,” Davis said. “When you are an athlete you know the lift, but you are kind of behind this curtain. Being a judge opens you up to all of the other things. You get to see which coaches know the sport more than others. I honestly think being a judge will help me in the competition part of it more than me having been a lifter.”
That kind of experience was what interested Shoemaker in proposing Davis head the start of the Eagles’ powerlifting program.
“We have a large group of kids who are built for powerlifting and we are excited to see what they make of it with them coming into high school,” Shoemaker said.
Davis graduated this month from MSU with her bachelors of science in education degree. She is excited to start the program up, knowing what the sport of powerlifting provided for her and her teammates in high school.
““It is an all-around beneficial sport,” Davis said. “It helps you grow in your skillset, your strength and endurance for any of the other sports you play. Also, it helps with your confidence a lot. It is an individual sport and most kids are used to team sports and maybe getting put on the backburner if they are not the best at something. Powerlifting is a sport where you can showcase your own individual skills. You get out what you put in.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
-
NEWS2 years ago
2 hurt, 1 jailed after shooting incident north of Nocona
-
NEWS6 months ago
Suspect indicted, jailed in Tia Hutson murder
-
NEWS1 year ago
SO investigating possible murder/suicide
-
NEWS1 year ago
Wreck takes the life of BHS teen, 16
-
NEWS10 months ago
Murder unsolved – 1 year later Tia Hutson’s family angry, frustrated with no arrest
-
NEWS1 year ago
Sheriff’s office called out to infant’s death
-
NEWS1 year ago
Bowie Police face three-hour standoff after possible domestic fight
-
NEWS1 year ago
Driver stopped by a man running into the street, robbed at knifepoint