This week all of the area schools competed at its district cross country meets.
Bowie ran at its 3A meet in Burkburnett on Monday, Nocona ran at its 2A meet in Seymour on Wednesday and the 1A schools ran at Henrietta Midway on Monday.
The Jackrabbit boy’s team finished second overall to champs Holliday. Isaac Renteria was Bowie’s top runner, finishing third overall with a time of 17:33. Brayden Willett finished one spot behind him in fourth place and was 11 second back. The two broke up the six runner Holliday sweep in the top eight.
The Jackrabbits top five runners also included Russell Anderson (12th), Monte Mayfield (13th) and Hayden Sutton (17th). The team qualified for the regional meet.
Unfortunately for Bowie, the Lady Rabbits finished just one spot outside of qualifying for regionals in fifth place. The team’s top runner was Ollie Gaston who finished 13th with a time of 13:19. Bowie’s top five runners were Laney Segura (17th), Bella Lozano (19th), Harlei Hudson (32nd) and Isabella Caswell (34th). While it was disappointing, it was the first team the Lady Rabbits had fielded in three years.
For Nocona, the girl’s team had only one runner compete, but she made it count. Bayler Smith finished first overall with a time of 13:20.
The Nocona boy’s team finished second overall after first place Windthorst. The Indians were led by Andrew Perez who finished sixth overall with a time of 19:19. Freddy Duran finished right behind him in seventh place and Corbyn Patton finished 10th overall. The final two runners for Nocona, Brady Cunningham and Anthony Burrows, finished 24th and 27th to round out the team.
All of Nocona’s varsity runners qualified for the regional meet.
Running at the 1A meet at Henrietta Midway, it was both Saint Jo teams that dominated with first place titles while Bellevue finished second.
The Saint Jo girls were led by Savannah Hill who got second overall with a time of 13:42. All of the Lady Panthers finished in the top eight as Taylor Patrick (third), Abigail Carter (fourth), Kaycee Clark (sixth) and Jordyn O’Neal (seventh) finished not far behind. Sixth runner Mercedes Diaz did not count since only a team’s top five runners are totaled, but she finished in eighth place.
The Saint Jo boy’s team was nearly as dominant as its top five runners finished in the top nine. Barrett Johnson earned first place overall with a time of 18:43, beating teammate Jayden Curry who got second place. Elijah Young and Julian Luna finished fifth and sixth while Ayden Giambruna earned ninth place.
The Bellevue Lady Eagles were led by Maddie Broussard who earned first place overall with a time of 13:07. Bellevue’s top five runners included Kaycee Conner (ninth), Brittany Gill (11th), Tristan Shook (12th) and Brooklyn Shook (13th).
The Bellevue boy’s team was led by River Trail who finished third overall with a time of 19:10. The Eagles top five runners also included Evan Chavez (14th), Ryan Jones (15th), Brycen Bancroft (21st) and Cowyn Langford (24th).
Several area schools were not able to field full teams, but had individuals finish in the top 10 which qualified them for the regional meet.
In the girl’s race Linzie Priddy from Prairie Valley finished fifth overall with a time of 14:30 to qualify for regionals.
In the boy’s race, Josh Stout from Prairie Valley finished fourth overall with a time of 19:20. Jesse Wadsworth from Forestburg earned seventh place with a time of 20:54.
Not every runner and school qualified for district.
Gold-Burg fielded a boy’s team and finished fourth overall. Efren Villegas was the team’s top runners as he finished 13th overall with a time of 23:21. The Bears top five runners were Jorge Montes (19th), Brady Allen (22nd), Mason Marshall (23rd) and Ryan Newman (25th).

To see results for all area varsity runners, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Bellevue vs Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns won at Bellevue on Friday night in a match that could have playoff implications down the line.
The Lady Horns won 3-1, bouncing back after losing the first set to win the next three against the Lady Eagles.
Forestburg came into the match with a 1-1 district record and was hoping it could withstand further recent lineup changes to try and keep its position as the district’s third best team.
Bellevue came into the match 1-0 in district and was hoping it could jump a Lady Horns team for possible third place at home.
The first set saw the Lady Eagles get out to a good start, winning 25-19 while feasting on Forestburg hitting errors and winning long rallies.
The Lady Horns found their footing in the second set, putting more balls down on aggressive hits at the net and playing more clean in the back row. Forestburg won the second set 25-21, which proved to be the most competitive set of the match.
The Lady Horns went on to win sets three and four with more and more room for comfort 25-17 and 25-14 to secure the victory 3-1.

Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits played a bye-game on Friday at home against one of the top teams in the state in 1A, Harrold.
The Lady Hornets won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Rabbits, giving Bowie a tough challenge to get ready for the second round of district.
The Lady Rabbits were unable to get a win in the first round of district and needed a match to try and get back on track.
Unfortunately, the smaller program was not just going to give it to them.
Harrold showed why its favored to get back to the state tournament, beating Bowie with set scores 25-17, 25-9 and 25-14.

Prairie Valley vs Gold-Burg
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won at Gold-Burg on Friday night to earn their first district win.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Bears.
Prairie Valley was coming off a disappointing loss to district favorite Saint Jo earlier in the week. Gold-Burg had lost its first two district matches and were hoping it could compete against the more experienced team.
The two teams had played earlier in the season and the Lady Bulldogs won easily in three sets. The first two sets mirrored that match as Prairie Valley won with scores 25-10 and 25-17.
The third set saw the Lady Bulldogs pull back and the Lady Bears played their most competitive stretch of the match due to scrappy play and preying on Prairie Valley to make hitting errors.
In the end, the Lady Bulldogs were able to pull out the win 25-21 and earn the 3-0 victory.

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Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers remain undefeated with another close win this season, this one against a surprisingly good Perrin-Whitt team.
The Panthers won 32-30, going ahead with two minutes left to play and improving their record to 6-0.
Saint Jo was coming off two straight wins where it only played one half of football. Playing a Pirate team that was also undefeated at their field a week after beating the Panthers biggest rival in district Union Hill, Saint Jo expected its toughest challenge of the season so far.
It was back and forth throughout the game as neither team’s offenses had great days by six-man football standards. Saint Jo wanted to get the ball to dangerous receiver Lee Yeley, but Perrin-Whitt was determined to not let Yeley get loose and provided extra attention to him.
This meant quarterback Devin Stewart more often than not was left with the option to run for some big time yardage all game long. With the Pirates having much bigger players, it made it tough for Saint Jo to run the ball on designed runs as the team only rushed for 64 yards outside of Stewart.
The Pirates led 18-14 at halftime and 24-20 heading into the fourth quarter. Later down 30-26, it was the Panthers that scored the go-ahead touchdown with Stewart that put them up 32-30 with two minutes left to play.
Saint Jo’s defense held and they won to improve to 6-0.
Stewart finished with a career high 303 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns. Despite Yeley’s attention, Stewart still completed three passes to him for 41 yards and a touchdown. Yeley also rushed for 20 yards and one touchdown. Wyatt Lucas finished with 29 yards and one touchdown.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians fell in another one-sided game on Friday at Wolfe City.
The Wolves won 58-6, with most of the damage coming in the first half.
The Indians were hoping to get their first district win and were still recovering emotionally from the serious injury to senior Jose Gomez in the previous game against Alvord.
Wolfe City was not going to be easy as the team’s run heavy attack centered around a running back that already had 1,000 yards on the season and the team was 3-1.
That proved to be true as the Wolves led 51-0 at halftime.
Thankfully, Wolfe City pumped its breaks in the second half and Nocona’s defense only allowed one more score in the fourth quarter.
The Indians’ offense also scored its one touchdown in the fourth quarter when quarterback Logan Gaston scored on a short run.
Offensively, Nocona was unable to complete a pass as it rushed for 156 yards. Unfortunately, the team turned the ball over three times, two with fumbles and one an interception.
Jax Fuller led the team with 61 yards rushing. Arty Malone was second with 41 yards. Gaston was right behind him with 40 yards rushing.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears won their third straight game on Thursday night against Vernon Northside.
The Bears won 68-22, ending the game early due to mercy rule in the third quarter.
Gold-Burg came into the game on a two-game win streak while Northside had a 4-1 record.
Still, the Bears were able to go to work all game offensively running the ball with Jayton Epperson and Paul Jones mainly. The offense scored on every possession of the game as Gold-Burg proved to be too physical for the Indians.
Northside showed some speed, scoring three touchdowns in the game, but it was not enough to keep up with a Bears team that could not be stopped.
Epperson led Gold-Burg with 158 yards rushing and four touchdowns. Jones was second with 136 yards and scored one touchdown on a 79-yard long run. Caleb Epperson and Keelyn Case each rushed for a touchdown as well.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns lost another game where they were just trying to make it through at Irving Faustina on Friday.
The Falcons won 54-8, with the game ending early due to mercy-rule.
The Longhorns came into the game still shorthanded as injuries and now sicknesses have taken a toll on the roster and have limited practice availability for key players during the week.
Playing against 4-0 Faustina team that threw the ball around and had plenty of depth made it tough.
Down 36-0 at halftime, Forestburg started the second half by marching down the field and then scoring when Jesus Sanchez found Angel Cruz for a 27-yard touchdown pass to cut the lead to 36-8.
That would be the highlight of the game for the Longhorns as that seemed to wake up the Falcons who scored the next 18 points to end the game with three minutes left in the third quarter.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.