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Bowie powerlifting brings back individual medal from state meet

The Bowie girls powerlifting team competed at the state meet on Friday at the Extraco Events Center in Waco.
With five Lady Rabbits competing against the strongest the state of Texas had to offer, only one was able to come away with some hardware.
Senior Carrington Davis, making her fourth appearance at the state meet, was able to one up last year’s fifth place finish with a silver medal in the 181 pound weight class. Davis lifted 980 total pounds, including a personal record of a 420 pound lift on squat.
The rest of the Bowie team was making their first appearances at state, with three of the four also being underclassmen.
Jessie Henry finished eighth overall in the 97 pound weight class. The sophomore was able to set a new personal record in deadlift with a lift of 225 pounds and total weight with 555 pounds.
Emma Skinner finished 13th in the 114 pound weight class, setting personal records in squat with 275 pounds and in total weight with 645 pounds. The sophomore came in as an underdog, but wound up beating three lifters rated ahead of her in the standings.
Her sister Sierra Skinner finished 19th in the 105 pound division. The junior did not equal her highest total of the season while putting up 585 pounds, but did set a new record for squat lifting 250 pounds. While she is an upperclassman, it was the first year Sierra competed in powerlifting.
Chelsea Price came in competing in the 220 pound weight class hoping she could finish in the top 10. Unfortunately, Price failed her first three lifts on squat and ended up busting out.
While headlined by Davis earning a silver medal in her final meet, the rest of the girls are coming back next year.
Price, Henry and Emma will be juniors with already two years of competition experience under their weight belts along with experience at the state level now.
This type of success should continue to drive them to see the type of leaps in strength they made from freshman to sophomore this year.
Sierra will be a senior and with one year of experience and making it to the state level, she should see a jump next year like most lifters as she matures.
While this year making it to the state meet was an accomplishment in itself, all four of them have set the bar for themselves and will be looking to raise it next year at the state level.
Coach Quenten Berend hopes he will have some other girls join them as well. Despite all the individual success, the overall regional team title has just eluded the Lady Rabbits the past three years.
To see results from every lift the five athletes did at the state meet, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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