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Regional Cross Country runners compete

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Cross country runners ran at the regional meets on Monday, with one individual qualifying for the state meet.
Despite fewer runners and teams being able to qualify this year due to COVID-19, Saint Jo’s Collin Thomas did for the second straight year individually.
Running at the University of Texas in Arlington’s campus, Thomas finished 12th overall with a time of 18:20.
“Collin ran about where we needed him to be,” Coach Lyndon Cook said. “He improved his placing against the kid he had been racing against all year. For him to make it back-to-back in only his second year is a great achievement for him.”
His team finished seventh overall out of 12 teams. His teammate’s results included Kile Thurman (33rd), Noble Koelzer (38th), Jousha Vogel (52nd) and Brice Durham.
Running at the 3A meet several hours more west at Texas Tech, the Nocona girl’s team finished one spot higher despite no runner qualifying individually.
The Lady Indians finished sixth overall with Jayce Rose leading the team in 27th place with a time of 14:10. The top five runners included Raylee Sparkman (31st), Allie Brown (41st), Madilyn Ferguson (44th) and Cobi Womack (121st).
The Bowie boy’s team also ran at that meet and the young team finished 13th overall. Sid Mayfield finished first for the team in 75th place with a time of 20:26. The top five runners included Alex Castro finishing 90th, Andrew Sandoff 95th, Nathan Rodgers 108th and Ignacio Saucedo 110th.
Coach Andy Atkins knew it was not his team’s best performance. With some runners having to gut through the race with lingering injuries, the team did the best it could that day.
Also racing in the boy’s race was Nocona’s Hank Ulbig who qualified for regionals individually. Ulbig finished 97th overall with a time of 21:15.
Back at the 1A meet, the Prairie Valley girl’s team finished 11th overall. Hailey Winkler led the team finishing 46th with a time of 15:45. The top five runners included Karagan Ritchie finishing 60th, Molly Gilleland finishing 79th, Veronica Gutierrez finishing 93rd and Emily Carpenter finishing 96th.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter thought her girls ran as well as they had all season. With all of them also playing volleyball this fall, Carpenter was proud her girls could keep the tradition of regional appearances going.
Individual runners in the 1A meet included Grace Martin and Sky-Lar Embry from Bellevue. Martin finished 35th overall with a time of 15:15 while Embry finishing 76th with a time of 16:54.
The state meet race for Thomas is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. on Nov. 23 at Old Settler’s Park in Round Rock.

To see results from all of the Montague County runners at the regional meets, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Boston Farris (left) and Trae Seigler following their district win against City View on April 8, 2025.
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Interview with Bowie softball players Hanna Bell (left) and Sadie Britt following their district win against City View on senior night on April 8, 2025.
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Baseball Roundup

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RJ Walker pitched four perfect innings for Nocona and got his 100th career strike out. (Courtesy photo)

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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