Bonham Purple Warrior Athletics

We ended the basketball season with 17 wins and 18 losses. That is twelve more wins and nine less losses than a year ago. We are very proud of the growth of our basketball program.

We had three of our players honored with All District awards. DJ Stewart earned a 2nd Team selection along with Jagger Lindsey and Heath Brown being given a Honorable Mention award. Six of our eleven varsity players earned a spot on the Academic All District Team.

Our JV and V soccer season has come to an end. This year we saw a big jump in the development of our program in regards to numbers and skill. Our JV finished the season with a 3-12 record. The varsity team earned 3 wins, 13 loses, and 1 tie. Those three wins came against district opponents.

Coach Wilson and Coach Davis did a great job this year establishing a higher standard of discipline and accountability. That was very evident in the way our boys made each game competitive from start to finish.

On March 6th we honored six of our Fighting Purple Warrior Senior Soccer players.

Bonham was very well represented at the regional meets. We had 9 girl lifters and 8 boy lifters qualify.

REGIONAL MEET RESULTS:

Bonham Girls finished 9th Place as a Team.

Lorelie Roberts (105's) - 2nd Place STATE QUALIFIER

Fatma Soto (132's) - 10th Place

Madelyn Williams (132's) - scratched on squats

Haley Capehart (148's) - scratched on squats

Morgan Smithey (181's) - 8th Place

Gabby White (181's) - 10th Place

Kris Moya (220's) - 7th Place

Karlem Solis (242's) - 4th Place Medal

Sahara Gorden (242's) - 5th Place Medal

Bonham Boys placed 6th as a Team.

Justin McBride(242) (SR)

1st Place, Regional Champion, State Qualifier

Best lifter of the meet all weight classes on Squat, Bench and Overall Total

Squat 665, Bench 480, Deadlift 550= Total 1695

Leo Zapata(148) (SR)

2nd Place, Regional Champion Runner-Up, State Qualifier

Squat 450, Bench 295, Deadlift 455= Total 1200

Bryan Manzanares(123) (SOPH) 7th Place

Jaylon Davis(SHW) (JR) 7th Place

Bryan Longoria(181) SR) 10th Place

Ricky Kirk(114) (JR) 10th Place

Brooklyn Collier(308) (JR) 11th Place

Charles Thompson(220) (SOPH) 12th Place

In many sports a coaches wins are celebrated (100, 200, 300 career wins). Coach Dills hit a milestone this year. With the three lifters qualifying for the State Powerlifting Meets, Coach Dills has not successfully coached 102 lifters to the state meet.

Lorelie Roberts qualified for the girls state powerlifting meet but was not able to complete due to an injury. Justin and Leo will travel to Abilene on March 21st to compete at the boys state meet.

We are through our tournament season and into district. After three tournaments our baseball team had a record of 5-7. We travels to the Rains Tournament where we went 2-2 and played for the tournament championship. Week two we hosted the Purple Warrior Classic and went 2-2. Week 3 we partially hosted the Red River Bash going 1-2. In the first week of district play we lost at Bells after giving up the lead three times. Friday we bounced back with a 5-0 win over the Panthers. Austyn Herrington hit his first home run of season and Darian Yarborough threw a NO HITTER for the win. Our current season record is 6-7 (1-1).

Our boys track team has found success in the first three meets of the year. It is a lot of fun to watch the boys lay it all out on the track.

Pilot Point Meet - top 3 finishers

Anthony Andino and Devin Pittman won 2nd and 3rd in the 400m.

Hunter Horton placed 2nd in the 1600m.

Bonham won the gold medal in the 4x200m relay.

Bonham won third place in the 4x400m relay.

S&S Meet - top 3 finishers

Victor Koitschev 2nd place JV 400m

Emmanuel Flores 1st place JV 800m

Emiliano Cruz 1st place JV 1600m

Emmanuel Flores 2nd place JV 1600m

Emiliano Cruz 2nd place JV 3200m

Ezekiel Romero 2nd place JV 110m hurdles

Jorge Velasco 3rd place JV 110m hurdles

Ezekiel Romero 1st place 300m hurdles

Jorge Velasco 1st place 300m hurdles

Bonham 3rd place JV 4x100m relay

Bonham 3rd place JV 4x200m relay

Bonham 1st place JV 4x400m relay

Russell Welch 1st place 100m

DJ Stewart 1st place 200m

Jaydon Ross 3rd place 200m

Gavin Collier 1st place 400m

Ryan Gandara 3rd place 400m

Fletcher Horton 1st place 800m

Hunter Horton 1st place 1600m

Bryan Manzanares 1st place 3200m

Bryton Cole 2nd place 3200m

Brynlee Owens 2nd place 300m hurdles

Bonham 1st place 4x100m relay

Bonham 1st place 4x200m relay

Bonham 1st place 4x400m relay

Wolfe City Meet - top 3 finishers

Victor Koitschev 2nd place JV 400m

Emiliano Cruz 2nd place JV 1600m

Emiliano Cruz 3rd place JV 3200m

Ezekiel Romero 3rd place JV 110m hurdles

Bonham 3rd place JV 4x200m relay

Donnie Eaches 3rd place JV pole vault

Devin Pittman 3rd place 400m

Fletcher Horton 2nd place 800m

Hunter Horton 1st place 1600m

Hunter Horton 2nd place 3200m

Brynlee Owens 2nd place 300m hurdles

Bonham 3rd place 4x100m relay

Bonham 2nd place 4x200m relay

Anthony Andino 2nd place long jump

The LH Rather track team has competed in two track meets. They traveled to Wolfe City last week.

Our golf teams have competed several times this year. We have a total of 10 golfer now (7 boys and 3 girls). We have competed in tournaments at Turtle Hill Golf Course, Tanglewood Golf Course, Gainesville Municipal Golf Course, and Legacy Ridge Golf Course. Each week the kids get better and better. Monday, March 25th we host the Purple Warrior Invitational at Legacy Ridge.