SPORTS
Prairie Valley hosted meet challenges area runners
Prairie Valley had its cross country meet on Wednesday with more than 50 area high school runners competing including Saint Jo and Bellevue.
The Saint Jo boy’s team finished ahead of the host team in first place while the Prairie Valley girls finished second overall. The rest of the schools did not have five runners to compete as teams.
The Panthers were led by Kile Thurman who finished second overall with a time of 18:49. His teammates Collin Thomas (fourth), Josh Bogel (ninth), Noble Koelzer (12th) and Brice Durham (23rd) all combined to come ahead overall.
The Lady Bulldogs had Molly Gilleland finish eighth overall with a time of 15:38. The top five runners for the team included Hailey Winkler finishing 11th, Karagan Ritchie finishing 14th, Brianna Harris finishing 15th and Emily Carpenter finishing 20th.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter knew the times would not be a factor since the course was much harder, but she was proud of how her girls ran considering all of them had played a volleyball match the night before.
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs finished second overall as Tyler Winkler finished fifth overall with a time of 19:22.
Michael Cole joined him in the top 10 finishing 10th. Konner Ritchie and Isaac Yeargin finished 16th and 17th while Aydan Sampson finished 22nd to round out the team.
Coach Seth Stephens thought the challenging terrain and steep inclines was a good change of pace for his team to experience.
The Bellevue girl’s team runner Sky-Lar Embry finished third overall with a time of 14:18. Grace Martin was not far behind in fifth place while Austin Ford and Cirsten Allen finished 13th and 21st.
The Eagles top runner was Jayson Gill who finished 13th with at time of 21:55. Teammate Kason Roper, Josh Benson and Leland Sims finished 19-21.
To see times and places for all of the high school runners from the schools in this story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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