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PROMOTIONS: Three winners in WWE contest
Three Montague County residents won a four-pack of tickets to the WWE live event at 5 p.m. on Sunday at Kay Yeager Coliseum in Wichita Falls.
The winners were Wallace Wright, Chanda Ivy and Jonathan Zelasko.
All of them answered the most questions as part of The Bowie News’ trivia test.
Tickets will be available at the will call window at the Kay Yeager Coliseum box office.
We hope everyone enjoyed the contest.
The WWE will be returning to Wichita Falls for the first time in nearly two years.
The double main event features John Cena versus “Money in the Bank” winner Seth Rollins and Rusev will take on “The Big Show” and Mark Henry in a triple-threat contest. Those were the matches scheduled as of press time.
Here’s a review of the questions, and the answers as well. The answers are in bold letters.
1, In what city did “Texas Tornado” Kerry Von Erich win the Intercontinental Championship in 1990? Philadelphia.
2, What Mission, Texas native won the first-ever Wrestlemania match in 1985? Tito Santana.
3, What Texas-born WWE wrestler stood 5-foot-5 and weighed 225 pounds when he was only in fourth grade? Mark Henry.
4, What was the name of the pay-per-view event The Undertaker made his debut? Survivor Series.
5, What was the name of the character Terry Funk used while in the WWE back in 1998? Chainsaw Charlie.
6, What university in the Lone Star State did “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes graduate from? West Texas A&M.
7, What wrestler did Ted DiBiase introduce to WWE at “In Your House” in December 1995? Steve Austin, who was known as “The Ringmaster” in his debut.
8, In what north Texas city was Jake “The Snake” Roberts born? Gainesville.
9, In what venue and city will Wrestlemania XXXI take place next March? Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Ca.
10, On what segment did Shawn Michaels send Marty Jannetty through a plate-glass window? “The Barber Shop,” with Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake.
BONUS QUESTION: How many straight days was John “Bradshaw” Layfield WWE champion in 2004-05? 280 days.
The Bowie News appreciates everyone who entered the contest.
Once again, it pays to read The Bowie News. There’s always a chance to win great prizes.
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Bowie Sports Banquet
The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.
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Chisholm Trail Rodeo entertains crowd
The 72nd Chisholm Trail Rodeo was a big success on Friday and Saturday nights at Nocona.
The rodeo had big crowds and saw some good competition from both local and far reaching talent.
Winners in the events included Zach Hibler in bareback riding, Lindsey Muggli in barrel racing, Ashley Goforth in breakaway roping, Leanardo Lima in bull riding, Cody McCartney in calf roping, Thomas Moellering in ranch bronc riding, Wacey Hathcock in saddle bronc riding, Renato Finazzi in steer wrestling, Rowdy Jones and Rance Doyal in team roping.
To see full results and more pictures, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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Saint Jo pair heading back to state tennis
The regional tennis tournaments were late last week in North Richland Hills and a doubles team is moving on to state.
The Saint Jo girl’s doubles team Kyler Dunn and Taylor Patrick won the 1A region III tournament and will return to state for the second straight year.
The pair rolled through teams from Morgan, Dodd City, Priddy before beating a Graford team in the finals. The pair did not lose a set and only lost five of the 53 games it played, never losing more than one in a set.
The team made it to state last year after finishing second at regionals and won a match at the state meet against a team from Vernon Northside. They then lost to the eventual state champion team from Utopia and finished tied for third place.
They will be the only tennis players from Montague County playing at state this week as others did not have as successful regional tournament.
The Saint Jo teammates and fellow girl’s doubles team Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson won their first match against Ector 6-1, 6-4, but fell in their next match against Lometa, 6-1, 6-1.
From Prairie Valley, Case Carpenter was competing in boy’s singles. His first match was a draining two and half hour battle against a player from Strawn Carpenter came through in the three-set battle, winning 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
Unfortunately, the magic was not there in the second game. Paired against the eventual tournament champion from Gustine, Carpenter lost 6-0, 6-1.
From Gold-Burg, Alyson Rojas and Jimena Garcia competed in girl’s singles. Rojas won her first match against a girl from Avinger 7-6, 6-2. Unfortunately, the next match she lost to a girl from Graford 6-0, 6-0 to end her tournament.
Garcia lost a tough first match against a player from Ector. Both sets could have gone either way with the scores being 6-4, 7-5 to the winner.
The mixed doubles team from Forestburg, Jesse Wadsworth and Alli Cisneros, also did not make it through.
From Nocona, Kaygan Stone was playing in the girl’s singles 2A region II tournament.
Unfortunately, she got paired against the player who would go on to win the tournament in the first round to end her season.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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