SPORTS
Jackrabbit Invitational launches powerlifting season’s opening
The powerlifting season officially got under way on Saturday as Bowie hosted the Jackrabbit Invitational, featuring athletes from 12 schools on the boy’s side and 14 schools from the girl’s side.
In the end, the tournament hosts saw their boys team just edge out Sanger for first overall and the girl’s team finishing just ahead of Collinsville as they finished runners-up to division two Springtown.
The Jackrabbits saw 10 boys earn medals by finishing in the top five and earning points toward the team total. Top finishers for Bowie were Dalton Davis winning the 148 pound weight class with a total 915 pounds and Ty Harris winning the 165 pound weight class with a total of 1,075 pounds.
Other medalists in their weight classes include Raiden Brezina, Colton Covington, Roman Rivas, Joey Crawford, A.J. Craddock, Jacob Skinner, Victor Tran and Tyson Herron.
The Lady Rabbits saw eight girls earn medals with two finishing top of their weight class. Carrington Davis won the 181 pound weight class with a total of 910 pounds, almost 200 pounds more than second place. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Jessie Henry won the 97 pound weight class by lifting a total of 505 pounds.
Other medalists include Sierra Skinner, Emma Skinner, Maddie Baker, Kerstin Kindsfather, Jenna Rogers and Chelsea Price.
Coach Quentin Berend liked what he saw to start the season from both of his teams.
“Overall, both the girls and boys did outstanding, even with lots of new faces,” Berend said. “Freshman Jenna Rogers finishing second in the 165 pound class and Dalton Davis winning the 148 pound class was a nice surprise.”
Nocona also brought their team to the meet. While they did not have as many compete as some teams did, the athletes they did bring made it count. The boy’s team finished fourth overall while the girls finished 10th.
The boys had four medalists, with three of them earning second in their weight classes. In the super heavy weight class Brady York finished second with 1,275 pounds lifted. In the weight class below in the 275 pounds, Deuce Glasker finished second with 1,240 pounds lifted.
To contrast, Michael Ellis finished second in the lightest weight class at 114 pounds, lifting 625 pounds total. The other lifter who earned a medal was Tyler Richards, who finished third in the 148 pound weight class, but was just 10 pounds behind the leader.
The Lady Indians only brought two lifters, but both competed in the same weight class and both earned medals. Taylor Richards finished fourth in the 165 pound class while Alleeyah Silcox finished fifth. Both lifted 645 pounds total, but with Richards weighing in at a lighter weight, she finished a spot higher.
To see the list of results for every Bowie and Nocona lifter, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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