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Boy’s basketball all-district awards released
With the boy’s basketball season over and done with after this past weekend, all of the area’s all-district awards have now been released.
Depending on how well a team finished in its district, it gives more sway to how many players will earn awards.
The Bowie Jackrabbits finished fifth in their district standings. Andrew Sandhoff was named to the district’s first team. Tucker Jones was named to the second team.
Brady Lawhorn and Rayder Mann earned honorable mention status.
No academic all-district awards were listed in the results that was sent to the news, though a several players have earned a separate academic award that will be covered at a later date.
The Nocona Indians won their district with an undefeated record. Javier Gaytan and Brady McCasland were named the district’s co-most valuable players.
Karson Kleinhans was named the district’s sixth man of the year and the coaching staff earned staff of the year.
Conley Kleinhans and Charlie Fuller were named to the first team list. Johnny Stone and Jose Gomez earned second team honors. Oscar Salomon Gomez earned honorable mention honors.
All of the 1A teams in the area outside of first place Slidell, which garnered many of the superlative awards, and Midway are in the Bowie News coverage area.
Forestburg finished second in the district standings and had Kyler Willett, Jesse Wadsworth and Jesus Sanchez named to the first team. Nathan Payne and Angel Cruz earned honorable mention.
Saint Jo finished third in the district standings. Barrett Johnson earned first team honors while Devin Stewart was named to the second team.
Jayden Curry, Trent Gaston and Lee Yeley were given honorable mention status.
Bellevue finished in fourth place, but had the only players who earned superlative awards who were not from Slidell. Kason Roper was named co-defensive MVP. Ryan Jones earned newcomer of the year.
Jayson Gill was named to the first team while Brycen Bancroft earned second team honors. River Trail, Aaron Allison and Brycen Ramsey was named honorable mention.
Gold-Burg finished in fifth place and saw Jayon Grace named to the first team while Isaac Renteria earned second team honors. Jayton Epperson and Eli Freeland were given honorable mention honors.
Prairie Valley finished in sixth place and had Tyson Easterling finish with first team honors. Trae Campbell earned second team status while Dale Neugebauer, James Wells and Jarrett Horton were named honorable mention.
All the awards emailed to the Bowie News for area schools, including the academic all-district awards if they were sent, are in the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The 19th annual Bullfest came to the county on May 4, hosted at the Saint Jo Rodeo Arena. With bulls provided Big L Rodeo Company, Locke Bucking Bulls and more, it attracted many great riders, both local and farther away. In the end, it was Colby Deel from Jacksboro who won the the senior division round. The junior division winner was Ringo Stummer from Mountain Springs.
To see more photos, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
With the track season firmly over this year, one school went out of its way to encourage its athletes to not only improve on their totals, but set some school records this season.
Brenna Briles set the school record in the girl’s high jump (5-4), triple jump (33 feet), 100 meters (13.11) and the 200 meters (27.87).
Kayden Dill set the school record boy’s 100 meters (11.08) and 200 meters (23.47). Tye Reid set the boy’s 110 meter hurdles record at 18.7 seconds. Jesse Wadsworth set the boy’s 800 meters record with a time of 2:06.
Some relay teams also set some records. The boy’s 4×100 meter team of Jeremiah Perez, Kyler Willett, Will Johnson and Dill set the record with the time of 45.29 seconds.
The 4×400 meter relay team with Christian Binanti, Johnson, Willett and Wadsworth ran a time of 3:40.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs will be seeing a new face around the gym and fields next fall with the hiring of a new Athletic Director and Head Coach, Kent Caruthers.
Caruthers will be replacing Coach Seth Stephens, who has accepted a coaching job in LaPoynor, moving closer to his family and hometown. Although Coach Stephens will be missed after six years of being a part of the Prairie Valley family, Coach Caruthers will step into his new role with a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Coach Caruthers has coached basketball, football, volleyball, cross country, track and golf.
He has a well-rounded background, which makes him the perfect candidate for a 1A coaching position.
He comes, most recently, from Matagorda where he was the athletic director, boys basketball, volleyball, and track coach.
He spent the majority of his coaching career at Tolar, where he was the head boys basketball coach, defensive coordinator for the varsity football team and head golf coach.
His record and experience speak for themselves, but when asked why he felt led to apply for this position, he said that the move north is all about coaching good kids.
His coaching philosophy revolves around hard work, stating “A winner is someone who recognizes their God-given talents, works their tail off developing the talents into skills and uses these skills to accomplish their goals.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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