Bowie Blast -- Week of Feb. 18
Student Earns Gold Medal…
Congratulations to Bowie Sophomore, Noah Casarez, who won a g
old medal at the State Special Olympics Bowling Competition in Austin. You make us proud!
District Wrestling Results…
The wrestling teams competed in the District 14-6A Wrestling tournament at the Delco Center. Several Bulldogs medalled and varsity medalists will be advancing to the Region 4 Tournament in San Antonio. Both the boys and girls varsity finished in 3rd place. Individual placers in their respective weight classes are: District Champions - Jacob Junk, Raymond Ybarra, Hayley Haygood, Alina Kinsey, Aylen Vivar. District Runner Up - Robert Hernandez, Maya Granados, Christian Moreno. 3rd Place - Zyah Cajuste, Genaro Cajuste, Eric Engberg. 4th Place - Grant Faulkner, Jaime Silva, Cory Silguero, Nicol Isacc.
Qualified by challenge - Ninabelle Sitler.
JV Medaslists: District Champions - Tye Frnka, Steven Szipocs, Jon Pereira, Anthony Salvo, and Marisol Moreno. 3rd Place - Dominic Brown.
Regional Wrestling Results…
Congratulations to our 11 boys and 7 girls who wrestled this past weekend in San Antonio at Regionals! Three boys (Christian Moren, Jacob Junk, Robert Hernandez) and two girls (Alylen Vivar, Alina Kinsey) qualified to wrestle at the State Tournament next weekend at the Berry Center in Cypress. Next week these wrestlers will compete with the best at State starting February 23rd and finishing Saturday evening. Our boys team earned Regional Runner up at Regionals! Way to go Bowie Boys! Congrats to all of wrestlers and great coaching staff. Good luck this weekend at UIL STATE!
JBHS Forensics State Qualifiers…
Congratulations to Riley McCue, a freshman, for earning a second state qualification in Dramatic Interpretation. The team ends the season with 28 total qualifications. They compete at the TFA State Meet March 1-3. James Bowie High School 2018 TFA State Qualifiers: Duet Acting: Jack Brady & Kaedon Dolana, Luke Evans & Jamie Muras, Natalie Guerra & Sofia Hutton, Riley McCue & Alyssa Shumaker, Reed Syzdek & Grace Widner. Dramatic Interpretation: Riley McCue, Luke Evans, Katie Norris, Kaedon Dolana. Duo Interpretation: Luke Evans & Kaedon Solana, Sofia Hutton & Grace Widner. Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking: Zackary J. Houdek, Jack E. Maedgen, Brianna Rodriguez, Amy Shreeve, Tate Weston. Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking:Zachary J. Houdek, Jack E. Maedgen, Amy Shreeve. Humorous Interpretation: Luke Evans, Connor Snow, Kaedon Solana. Lincoln Douglas Debate: Tate Weston. Student Congress: Ashlyn Dahl, Zachary J. Houdek, Brianna Rodriguez, Amy Shreeve and Gilian Sitler.
UIL Academic Invitation Meet Results…
The UIL Academic team headed to Wimberley for a competition and came back with awards -
Social Studies - 2nd place overall team coached by Melanie Hirschfeld - Connor Bradeen 6th Place individual, Liam Kornacki, Cayden Parris, Shane Valentine 5th Place individual. Literary Criticism coached by Bree Rolfe - Alejandra Rivera placed 3rd. Ready Writing - coached by Jacob Morgan - Jessica Leonard placed 3rd.
Silver Stars Compete in Westwood Dance Contest…
Silver Stars had a successful first dance contest at the Westwood Dance Classic. 1st Place Team Jazz, 1st Place Team Kick, 1st Place Team Hip Hop, 1st Place Team Contemporary, 1st Place Officer Modern, 2nd Place Officer Jazz, 2nd Place Officer Contemporary, 1st Place Large Ensemble - Hip Hop Company, 1st Place Small Ensemble - Bedrich/Case/Hauck Trio, High Class Award (scoring a 90 or above on all routines) - Team & Officers, Entertainment Award - Team Contemporary & Officer Modern, Choreography Award - Team Jazz & Officer Modern, Excellence in Precision - Team & Officers Excellence in Technique - Team & Officers, Solo Finalist & 1st Runner-Up - Junior Lieutenant Kristin Hauck.
The Dispatch Wins National Journalism Award… The Dispatch, our student newspaper, has won yet another national publication award. The paper has been named All-Southern by the Southern Interscholastic Press Association. The geographic region SIPA covers is basically the southeastern quarter of the United States and has members from 15 states.
Earning All-Southern placed us in the top 5-8% of publication members who entered the competition. It is my understanding that about 300 schools are rated. The judge wrote, "You have many strengths in this paper, writing is the real strength in this publication. Your opinion pages are very strong and the artwork enhanced the pages. I loved the way in which all of your shots show student’s expressions and faces, the boulder photos (issue 2 page 16) were especially strong, communicating emotion and energy. The Boxing photos were strong as well. Overall your design is easy to read and very functional."
Boys Basketball Ends Strong Season…
Congratulations and applause to the Boys JV Basketball Team and to Coach Thompson, for winning District. The JV team had a season record of 20 wins and 3 losses - and a district record of 9 wins and 1 loss! The Freshman B Team won District as well and the Varsity Team coached by Celester Collier finished the regular season strong and is headed to their first playoff game against Westwood HS.
Girls Soccer Clean Sweep…
Girls Soccer had another clean sweep over San Marcos. Our JV Team won 8-0 and Varsity won 4-0. Great hustle and determination by Morgan Johnson and Hannah Erb.
Bowie Band Solo and Ensemble Contest…
Students participated in the UIL Region 18 Solo and Ensemble contest. They prepared pieces either individually or in smaller groups to be adjudicated, receiving scores and/or becoming certified to advance to the State Solo and Ensemble contest later in May. Between Solo performances and smaller Ensembles, 102 of our students will be advancing to the Texas State Solo and Ensemble contest held at the University of Texas later this semester.
