SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Longhorns open with Notre Dame
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By ERIC VICCARO
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The Forestburg High School football team will have an interesting quirk in its 2017 schedule.
See, the Longhorns play a rare football home-and-home with Wichita Falls Notre Dame as part of this year’s slate.
Notre Dame visits Forestburg for the season-opener on Sept. 1, and the teams play each other again in Wichita Falls on Sept. 29.
“It’s different to play the same team twice during the regular season,” said first-year head coach Thomas Tritz. “But, I think it’s going to be a benefit for us.”
The reason why Forestburg will play Notre Dame twice is that Fort Worth Nazarene, of Crowley, dropped the Longhorns from their schedule.
Forestburg has three straight games at home to open the schedule, with Strawn on Sept. 8 and Weatherford Christian Sept. 15. Read more in the June 14 Bowie News.
FOOTBALL
Championship Trails
August
Scrimmages
Aug. 18, at Fort Worth Covenant Classical, 6 p.m.; 25, Tioga, 7 p.m.
September
Regular Season
1, Wichita Falls Notre Dame; 8, Strawn; 15, Weatherford Christian; 22, at Gordon; 29, at Wichita Falls Notre Dame
October
6, at Savoy; 13, at Newcastle (*); 20, Saint Jo (^); 27, Idle
November
3, at Bryson; 10, Gold-Burg
Editor’s Note: All regular-season games will feature a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.
* District 12-1A-I opener
^ Homecoming game.
New Forestburg head football coach and athletic director Thomas Tritz, who was most recently at Wellman-Union. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
SPORTS
Big crowd attends Bowie Sports Association Awards night
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Nearly 600 youngsters signed up for this season of youth baseball sports through the BSA. The group celebrated with awards this past week and introduction of all its teams. See all the awards and photos from the night in the mid-week Bowie News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
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SPORTS
World gets ready for 2024 Summer Olympics
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The 2024 Summer Olympics is just a few weeks away taking place in Paris. The opening ceremonies will be July 26 and are planned to be unique as they take place along the Seine River that flows through Paris. Thomas Bach prepared this op-ed to welcome the world to Paris.
By Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee
The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 is only days away. The excitement gripping this nation is palpable.
As this unique festival of sport draws closer, we all are feeling that France and the French people are ready to welcome the world’s best athletes with the hospitality and passion for sport for which they are famous all around the world.
Already millions of people have greeted the Olympic flame on its journey around France with a huge wave of enthusiasm. All of us are looking forward to an unforgettable celebration of Olympic sport and French culture in the coming weeks.
Read the full story in the mid-week sports in your Bowie News.
SPORTS
Firecracker 5K welcomes 100 runners on July 4th
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Saint Jo’s Firecracker 5K welcomed 100 runners for its 16th year on July 4th.
According to runsignup.com, Old Jo’s Firecracker 5K saw 100 runners of all ages register to kick off in downtown Saint Jo.
Brayden Willett, 14, Nocona, was the top male finisher with a time of 19:02.6. Sarah Rainey, 35, Saint Jo, was the top female finisher with 21:47.1.
In the male nine and under division, I. Miller, nine, Muenster, repeated his first place win from 2023 with at time of 34:52.8. E. Thomas, eight, no town listed, also repeated her win with a time of 31:58.5.
Emry Raney-Cavnar, 14, Ardmore, OK, won the male 10-14 group and E. Christensen, 11, Decatur, took the female race. In the male 15-19 division Luke Gehrig, 17, Muenster, won, while Sophia Christensen, 15, Decatur, took the ladies’ title.
See all the results and more photos in the weekend Bowie News.
Special appreciation to Jennifer Gaston Panther Photography for use of her photos.
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