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Area 1A athletes compete at S&S; 47 advancing
Area 1A athletes converged on S&S Consolidated High School’s track Wednesday to compete in the combined area/district meet for a chance to qualify for regionals on April 27-28 at Whitney High School.
The top four competitors from each event advanced with multiple athletes from Montague County one step closer to a state appearance.
Prairie Valley’s Molly Gilleland swept past the competition in the 200-meter dash with a time of 30.26 to take first place. Teammate Shelby Roof was right behind her in second with a time of 30.69.
For the boy’s 200-meter race, it was a Saint Jo athlete who beat out the competition for first place as Chance Bennet crossed the finish line with a time of 27.20.
Meanwhile, Saint Jo’s Paityn Holley blew past the other runners in the 800-meter with a time of 2:27.36 to solidify her place at the regional meet.
“Paityn’s race was huge on Wednesday. She has been working all season to break 2:30 so to finally break that and earn a area title was such a reward for all her hard work this season,” said Saint Jo Coach Taylor Klement. She’s been improving her time with each meet, so I’m excited to see her compete at regionals for a trip to Austin.” In the boys 800-meter run, Mark Gill will represent Bellevue after finishing fourth with a time of 2:22.65. In the 1,600, Prairie Valley’s Julian Rohde was the lone area athlete to advance with a second place finish and a time of 5:26.70.
However, in the 3,200-meter run, Bellevue’s Kaylee Trail (17:17.61) and Prairie Valley’s Julian Rohde (12:16.95) both earned third place.
Sky Embry (first), Alyssa Hennessey (second) and Bear Osteen (first) advance in the 100-meter dash.
For the relay teams, Prairie Valley girls will advance in the 4X100-meter relay with a third place finish, as will Bellevue who finished in fourth.
The Lady Eagles also will advance in the 4X200-meter relay with a second place finish, while Prairie Valley goes after earning third. The Saint Jo Lady Panthers finished second in the 4X400-meter relay for their chance to advance.
For the boys, Forestburg goes on to regionals with a third place finish in the 4X100-meter relay, while Prairie Valley (second) and Forestburg (third) earned a spot with their strong performances. Prairie Valley is the lone boy’s team to advance in the 4X400-meter relay.
Lady Horn Cayla Smelser hurdled her way to a first place finish with a time of 17.27 in the 100-meter division, while Saint Jo’s Emily Haney finished a close second and Zoe Berry, Bellevue, earned fourth.
Haney also will compete at regionals in the 300-meter hurdles after a second place finish with a time of 55.35. Prairie Valley’s Kaden Fleming (third) and Calvin Smith (fourth) advance from the district meet.
“The boys competed well. They have practiced hard all year in preparation for the Area Meet. Their hard work paid off by advancing eight of our athletes. We are going to continue working going into the regional meet next week,” said Prairie Valley Coach Zac Tabor.
Several athletes advance to regionals in field events, including Smelser, who earned first in long jump with a distance of 15-11 1/2. Saint Jo’s AlTrack
Continued From Page 1Byssa Hennessey finished second with a distance of 15 – 1 3/4. In the boy’s division, Anthony Roof, Prairie Valley, finished second (18-5 3/4) and Blake Allen, Gold-Burg (18-5 1/2) earned third. Forestburg’s Alexia Britain edged out the competition in girl’s shot put with a first place finish (34-6 1/2) ahead of Saint Jo’s Rachael Vogel in second (29-9). Lady Panther Hannah Reyling took third and Gold-Burg’s Kiley Jones took fourth.
“I am so excited that we had four kids qualify for regionals, which is half of our small team,” said Gold-Burg Coach Cheryl Cromleigh. “Our kids have a great chance at regionals, I am so thrilled for them.”
Area athletes also took the top three spots in boy’s shot put with a first place finish from Forestburg’s Zach Bradley (41 – 5 3/4), Gold-Burg’s Will Hamilton (39- 3 3/4) and Saint Jo’s Ethan Wagner (35- 7 3/4).
Britain will not only compete in shot put at regionals but will throw the discuss after earning second with a throw of 85 – 1 1/2. Gold-Burg’s Ashley Rainey will join her with a throw of 76- 6.
It was the Osteen brothers from Forestburg who led the competition in boy’s discuss, with a first place throw from Bear (129- 10 3/4) and Bannon (108 – 4 1/2). Their teammate Zach Bradley finished right behind them in third while Saint Jo’s Jose Gam advanced with the fourth place spot.
In triple jump, Prairie Valley’s Hailey Winkler goes after a third place finish with a 29’ – 9 1/2”.
FreeDom Morris, Bellevue, finished third for girls high jump and Prairie Valley’s Chase Edwards took first. In pole vault, Saint Jo’s Maddie Ogden (first) and Caitlyn Holley (second) will compete at regionals.
For boy’s pole vault, the cousin combo of Anthony Roof (first) and Lane Roof (second) beat out the competition. Saint Jo’s Hunter Garrett finished third.
“I was super proud of the way all of our athletes competed. We had several athletes earn personal bests in their events so to see that type of effort so late in the season is a big notion to how hard our kids work,” said Klement. “I expect the same type of work ethic next week at regionals. It’s a much bigger meet and the stakes are a bit higher but our kids are ready to go out there and compete for a chance to advance.”
Forestburg Coach Tommy Tritz also feels his school will be represented well at regionals with strong performances.
“We had a great area track meet. Our teams competed well and came away 4th in area for the boys and 5th for the girls. We had nine boys advance and two girls advance to the Regional meet next week in Whitney,” said Tritz. “Overall, Forestburg will be well represented in Regionals.”
For results, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Some updates were made to the athletic policy for Bowie Independent School District for this upcoming school year.
One of the new rules are athletes losing game time for being put in in school suspension.
In the past athletes had to complete two miles for punishment per day they were in ISS. Now, on top of completing two miles, athletes will suspended games.
The first offense will cause an athlete to be suspended half of a game. A second offense, an athlete will be suspended a full game.
A third offense, an athlete will be suspended three games. A fourth offense, an athlete will be removed from the athletic program for a calendar year. Athletes will be expected to still practice with the team up until a fourth offense.
Athletic director Tyler Price said the increase in consequences for school discipline is on the same track he has for raising the standard of what is expected of Bowie athletes off the field.
“We are just trying to stiffen the consequences and raise the bar and standard on the on-field, on-court product, but also a student athlete’s behavior away from athletics as well,” Price said.
Another change is no longer allowing athletes to have their cell phones out in the locker room. It will act as an extension of the classroom, so normal school rules about cell phone usage will now apply there as well.
Price said there was no incident that sparked this change, but he foresees there could be potential issues in the future.
“We just want to be proactive and get out in front of any potential problems we could have,” Price said. “A locker room is an extension of the classroom and it’s not a place for phones. There are multiple potential reasons why that could be the case.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Hotter’N Hell Hundred bike event kicks off in less than a month in Wichita Falls.
The four-day cycling spectacle is set for Aug. 22-25.
The first Hotter’N Hell was back in 1982, when looking for a fun way to celebrate Wichita Falls’ Centennial year.
The name comes from the 100 mile endurance race along with temperatures that can reach 100 degrees.
At the front of the pack will be the pace group, sponsored and coordinated by the Midwestern State University Cycling Team.
It will be capped at 85 riders, with 15 current or former MSU team members pacing the group to make it a five-hour ride through 100 miles. It will be supported by moto escorts.
For those who are not able to bike 100 miles, there are routes for 10 kilometers, 25 miles, 50 miles and 100 kilometers to sign up for instead.
Apart from the endurance races, there are other biking events.
There is the Wee-Chi-Tah mountain bike races and trail runs. The race will 12 miles and feature a trail with many short, steep climbs and screaming descents. It will be limited to 300 riders per category.
There is the Gravel Grind race that will go 60 miles, 42 miles or 27 miles.
Finally, there will be USA Cycling Criterium races for licensed riders only for three of the four days.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo will have a new boy’s basketball coach this school year.
Jacob Nocktonick is coming to the district after spending the last two years at Bland as an assistant coach. It is his first head coaching job in basketball.
Nocktonick graduated from Princeton High School in 2015 where he played and loved basektball. He graduated in 2019 from Tarleton State University and despite playing basketball up until he graduated, he did not see coaching in his future. He worked for most of three years after college at a landscape supply company, but something was missing from his life.
“I realized after being out of it for three or four years, something was missing from my life that I really loved,” Nocktonick said. “That was playing the game I love and being around people that really love to be there.”
Nocktonick did not have much experience coaching before then, but through his experience at Bland, he knows he has found his true purpose.
“I missed that passion,” Nocktonick said. “I love it and love the kids I have been working with.”
Nocktonick is especially excited in his role in shaping young men for the future through basketball.
“At the end of the day, people aren’t going to remember me for my records,” Nocktonick said. “I get to touch lives in this role. It’s a lot different than other jobs because I have a lot of kids that look up to me. Even past players from Bland still hit me up, asking for life advice and it’s just different.”
He describes himself as the type of teacher who likes to climb up on his desk and get everyone involved more than just lecture through power point presentations. That extends to his coaching as well.
“I am extremely passionate and enthusiastic,” Nocktonick said. “I want kids to know when the time is to be serious, but know we are going to have fun, bond and become like family. I am not in this for the business. I am in this for the relationships.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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