SPORTS
Bowie boys cross country win Chico meet
Almost all area schools were busy running cross country meets on Wednesday.
Runners from Bowie, Gold-Burg, Bellevue and Forestburg ran at the Chico meet, with the Jackrabbit boy’s team winning first place. Teams from Nocona and Saint Jo competed at a meet in Lipan.
The Bowie boy’s team finished first and was led by Isaac Renteria who finished second overall with a time of 17:23. The Jackrabbits top five runners included Brayden Willett (3rd), Monte Mayfield (9th), Jackson Frie (13th) and Russell Anderson (15th).
The Gold-Burg boy’s team finished sixth overall. The Bears were led by Claudio Segura who finished fourth overall with a time of 18:39. The team’s top five runners included Isaiah Willett (32nd), Jorge Montes (45th), Brady Allen (54th) and Efren Villegas (59th).
The Bellevue boy’s team finished ninth overall at the meet. The Eagles fastest runner was River Trail who finished 16th with a time of 20:35. The team’s top five runners were Ryan Jones (36th), Bryce Bancroft (50th), Cowyn Langford (73rd) and Brennan Criswell (88th).
The only Forestburg runner was Jesse Wadsworth who got 28th place with a time of 21:56.
In the girl’s race, the Bowie team finished fifth overall. Ollie Gaston was the team’s top runner as she finished ninth overall with a time of 15:02. The team’s top five runners included Bella Lozano (14th), Harlei Hudson (30th), Brilee Lemons (47th) and Isabella Caswell (48th).
The Bellevue team was one runner short of competing as a team to get a result. The Lady Eagles top runner was Mattie Broussard who finished second overall with a time of 13:55.
Gold-Burg had one girl run in the meet. Alyson Rojas placed 51st with a time of 18:27.
At the meet in Lipan, both of Saint Jo’s cross country teams placed fifth overall.
The Lady Panthers were led by Abigail Carter who finished 11th overall with a time of 13:05. The team’s top five runners included Savannah Hill (23rd), Taylor Patrick (34th), Kaycee Clark (48th) and Tatum Morman (66th).
The Saint Jo boy’s team was led by Elijah Young who got seventh place with a time of 17:59. The Panthers top five runners included Barrett Johnson (12th), Jayden Curry (21st), Julian Luna (52nd) and Trent Gaston (61st).
For Nocona, the boy’s team finished ninth overall. The team was led by Andrew Perez who got 23rd with a time of 18:37. The Indians top five runners included Freddy Duran (27th), Omar Salinas (44th), Corbyn Patton (60th) and Brady Cunningham (108th).
The Lady Indians had only one runner compete in the race. Bayler Smith earned eighth place with a time of 13:01.
To see complete results for all high school runners from area schools, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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