SPORTS
BHS names newest Hall of Honor members
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The Bowie High School Athletic Booster Club announced on Friday during halftime of the football game the latest members who would be inducted into Bowie’s Hall of Honor.
Former Bowie athletes and coaches Ronnie Miller, Ralph and Jeanie Stark will have an official ceremony at a later date.
Ronnie Miller
Ronnie Paul Miller was a 1975 graduate of Bowie High School.
Miller was born February 2, 1957 in Wichita Falls, to Wayne and Joreen (Reid) Miller.
He was an accomplished multi-sport athlete and during high school played four years of football, basketball and track, three years of baseball and one year of golf. He was a member of the 1974 State Championship Basketball team and received All District honors in 1975. He was a two year letterman, and selected All District in both 1973 and 1974, and was selected as an All-State linebacker on the 1974 state semifinals football team. He also was a member of the 1973 Regional Championship Baseball team.
After graduating from the University of North Texas, he became an educator and coach for Bowie and an assistant coach on the 1991 state semifinalist basketball team. In addition to his long tenure at BHS, he also worked at Prairie Valley, Bellevue and Midway school districts for a combined teaching/coaching career of 42 years.
On July 30, 1983, Ronnie married Rie Sullivan in Henrietta. Ronnie and Rie raised two sons, Kelly and Matthew.
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Ralph and Jeanie Stark
Ralph was a 1977 graduate of Bowie High School while Jeanie graduated in 1976.
Ralph was born on February 27, 1958 to parents Thermon and Billie Stark of Bowie.
He ran track and played football all four years of high school. He placed in district and regionals in the 120 and 330 high hurdles and the mile relay and was a state qualifier in the 330 high hurdles. In football, he played for a district championship team and led the defense that only gave up only three points to district opponents his senior year. After a third-round loss in the playoffs, Ralph received All District and the Texas Sportswriter’s Association All State honors as a defensive end.
Ralph married his high school sweetheart, Jeanie Proctor in 1978. Ralph and Jeanie had children Dylan and Chelsea Stark, who were both standout athletes at BHS.
Dylan later became a coach, head football coach and athletic director as well.
Jeanie was born to parents Homer and Beatrice Proctor of Sunset on July 28, 1958.
She was a four-year letterman in basketball and one year in track at Bowie High. She received all district honors three years in basketball. She went on to play basketball at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas from 1976-1978 and was named the MSU Female Athlete of the Year in 1978 when she averaged 16 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.
Jeanie graduated from MSU in 1981 with an Education Degree and later added a Masters in Education in 1999.
She was a teacher and coach at Montague ISD from 1981-1998 where she had a streak of five straight seasons without a single loss, winning 72 basketball games in a row.
She was honored and inducted into the Montague ISD Hall of Honor in 2011.
After a brief stint as a teacher and coach at Windthorst High School she moved to Bowie High School in 1999 where she started the volleyball program. She was a teacher and coach from 1999-2017.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
SPORTS
Big crowd attends Bowie Sports Association Awards night
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Nearly 600 youngsters signed up for this season of youth baseball sports through the BSA. The group celebrated with awards this past week and introduction of all its teams. See all the awards and photos from the night in the mid-week Bowie News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
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SPORTS
World gets ready for 2024 Summer Olympics
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The 2024 Summer Olympics is just a few weeks away taking place in Paris. The opening ceremonies will be July 26 and are planned to be unique as they take place along the Seine River that flows through Paris. Thomas Bach prepared this op-ed to welcome the world to Paris.
By Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee
The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 is only days away. The excitement gripping this nation is palpable.
As this unique festival of sport draws closer, we all are feeling that France and the French people are ready to welcome the world’s best athletes with the hospitality and passion for sport for which they are famous all around the world.
Already millions of people have greeted the Olympic flame on its journey around France with a huge wave of enthusiasm. All of us are looking forward to an unforgettable celebration of Olympic sport and French culture in the coming weeks.
Read the full story in the mid-week sports in your Bowie News.
SPORTS
Firecracker 5K welcomes 100 runners on July 4th
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Saint Jo’s Firecracker 5K welcomed 100 runners for its 16th year on July 4th.
According to runsignup.com, Old Jo’s Firecracker 5K saw 100 runners of all ages register to kick off in downtown Saint Jo.
Brayden Willett, 14, Nocona, was the top male finisher with a time of 19:02.6. Sarah Rainey, 35, Saint Jo, was the top female finisher with 21:47.1.
In the male nine and under division, I. Miller, nine, Muenster, repeated his first place win from 2023 with at time of 34:52.8. E. Thomas, eight, no town listed, also repeated her win with a time of 31:58.5.
Emry Raney-Cavnar, 14, Ardmore, OK, won the male 10-14 group and E. Christensen, 11, Decatur, took the female race. In the male 15-19 division Luke Gehrig, 17, Muenster, won, while Sophia Christensen, 15, Decatur, took the ladies’ title.
See all the results and more photos in the weekend Bowie News.
Special appreciation to Jennifer Gaston Panther Photography for use of her photos.
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