SPORTS
TRACK AND FIELD: Junior high boys results
The Slidell High School boys and the Tioga girls’ junior high school track and field teams came away with titles at the District 1A-21 meet on April 25.
The top local teams were the Forestburg boys, taking third overall with 103 points. That was 33 better than fourth-place Saint Jo. Gold-Burg and Bellevue followed in fifth and sixth position, respectively.
On the girls’ side, Tioga accumulated 189 points. Saint Jo tallied the most points among local schools with 113, followed by Prairie Valley in fourth with 92. Gold-Burg and Bellevue finished in the same spots.
Boys
Hart Martin from Bellevue turned in the best performance among local boys in the 2,400-meter run, placing fourth in 12:20.73.
Saint Jo’s 400 relay group of Chance Bennett, Tristin Branch, Logan Morman and Brock Durham recorded a second-place finish in 55.35.
Forestburg’s Levi Balthrop was the area’s top finisher in the 800, clocking in with a time of 2:33.95. The Longhorns won the 100-meter dash with Kurtis Smith in 12.19.
Next, the Longhorns were second in the 800 relay (1:58.55).
Durham placed second in the 400 dash with a time of while Gold-Burg’s Elisha Tefertiller was third.
William Kimbley of Forestburg had the best finish among local boys in the 300 intermediate hurdles, clocking in at 1:06.74.
Gold-Burg’s Jacob Eckeberger earned a top-6 finish in the shot put at the District 1A-21 meet in Muenster on April 25. (News photo by Dani Blackburn)
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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