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LOCAL GOLF: Twisted Oaks best-ball play set for April 25-26

Published

11 years ago

04/15/2015

Twisted Oaks Golf Club will have its two-man best-ball spring championship covering Saturday and Sunday, April 25-26.
The tournament will be 36 holes, with 18 on both days.
Teams will be put in flights based on their scores during the first day. Flight names will be Spieth (Championship), Hogan Flight and Nelson Flight.
Golf professional Ron Moxom will determine handicaps if needed.
There will be cash prizes. At least one-third of the field will receive a prize, Moxom reported.
Saturday’s tee times start at 10 a.m., and Sunday at 12:30 p.m. New teams will tee off every 10 minutes.
Ties for first place in any flight will be broken by a shootout on Hole No. 9. Ties for places other than first will be split.
The entry fee is $25 per player, and includes the entry fee and cash prizes. The cost of a golf cart is $12 per day. There will also be a closest-to-the-pin contest at $2.
A ribeye steak cookout is set for April 25 during the evening, at $15 per person.
The field will be limited to 24 teams.
For information, call Moxom at 1-940-872-4000.

Big Sunday game winners
The threesome of Cal Wells, Truman Duke and Donnie Cockrell won the Big Sunday Game on April 12. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News.

Twisted Oaks Golf Course in rural Bowie. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Bowie softball team falls in area round

Published

3 days ago

05/07/2026

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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.

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Willett, Richey off to State

Published

3 days ago

05/07/2026

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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 2^nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9^th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3^rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4^th 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 6^th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8^th with a time of 3:30.76.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Fourteen track athletes head to State

Published

3 days ago

05/07/2026

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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 2^nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2^nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2^nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6^th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8^th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.