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The Bowie Outdoor Performing Ensemble had a great weekend at their first competition. The band competed at the Bands of America South Austin Regional and had 2 fantastic performances which earned them the award for best visual and 2nd place overall. Congratulations to all students!
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Bowie Cross Country took 40 runners with them to Corpus Christi this past weekend. Stand out performances by Junior Miah McAulay and Junior Griffin Hummel who both brought home 4th place finishes overall!
The Dawgs will be preparing this week for the District Meet which will take place Wednesday October 9th at Walter E. Long Lake! All 135 runners will compete at the District Meet! Good Luck and Go Dawgs!
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The Bowie Dispatch was selected as a National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker finalist last week. This is the 7th straight Pacemaker finalist the publication has earned, and we have won 6 of them. We will find out in November if the streak continues. There were 35 school selected finalists for this prestigious national award. We have consistently been in the top-25 Nationally for the past seven years.
In addition, NSPA announced the top 10 finalists for the Individual Awards in a variety of individual contests and categories. The Dispatch has multiple students in the running for the top 1st place prize. In fact, the publication had finalists in 10 categories. They are:
Design of the year: Newspaper spread/Design β 2024 graduate Mazzy Warren (nominated twice in this category)
Design of the year: Infographic of the Year β 2024 graduate Mazzy Warren
Digital Story: Multimedia Feature of the Year β 2024 graduates Nick Wood, Mars Canepa, Noah Bihan, Alex Edwards
Digital Story: Multimedia Sports Story of the year β 2024 graduates Noah Bihan, Nick Wood, Austin Ikard and current Bowie students Will Olenick, Slyder Degelia
Photo of the Year: Environmental portrait of the year β 2024 graduate Austin Ikard
Story of the Year: Sports Story of the year β 2024 graduate Ben Tillisch
Portfolio of the Year: Artist of the year β 2024 graduate Asher Hagan
Portfolio of the Year: Designer of the year β 2024 graduate Mazzy Warren
Portfolio of the Year: Multimedia Journalist of the year β 2024 graduate Austin Ikard
This is the most individual nominations the Dispatch has ever received. We have had multiple students win first place in Individual categories and we are hopeful that we will return with more in November. More to come about these award as well as the Pacemaker nomination.
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Last weekend, members of the Bowie Speech and Debate team competed at the Anderson TFA State Qualifier.
Finalists included:
2nd place in World Schools Debate- Killian Basore, Larkin Bock, Julia Low, Reed Watts
Semifinalist (Top 4) Public Forum Debate- Olivia Bard and Clara Mirkin
3rd place in Dramatic Interpretation- AJ Lee
3rd place in Program Oral Interpretation- Lilly Pierce
5th place in Humorous Interpretation- AJ Lee
The previous weekend, members competed at the Bowie/Lampasas Swing TFA Qualifier as well. Finalists that weekend included:
At the Lampasas Tournament:
Tournament Champions in World Schools Debate- Larkin Bock, Julia Low and Reed Watts
Tournament Champions in Duo Interpretation- Damien Boring and Aiden Schexnaydre
5th place in Public Forum Debate- Clara Mirkin and Emma Lopez
6th place in Duo Interpretation- Gracie Grahmann and Olivia Nanda
At the Bowie Tournament:
4th place in Humorous Interpretation- AJ Lee
5th place in Dramatic Interpretation- Sara Lenahan
5th palace in in Duo Interpretation- Gracie Grahmann and Olivia Nanda
6th place in Duo Interpretation- Damien Boring and Aiden Schexnaydre
8th place in Program Oral Interpretation- Liam Sullivan
Congrats to everyone for two weeks of success and making their way to the state tournament.
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Varsity tennis had a big win in their playoff match against Austin High last week! The team won a close battle with a clincher by senior Bentlee Toeland at to seal the victory. Incredible playing by all of our varsity athletes! The team has now advanced to the next round and will continue their playoff run at Westlake. Go dawgs!
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