Jason Richey was part of the winning team at a World Team Roping event that took place in Hamilton on Saturday.
Richey is a header from Bowie. He teamed with heeler Cody Owens with a total time of 33.33 seconds over the course of three runs.
Jim Coffman and Bob Knudsen finished second, three-tenths of a second behind.

NCTC begins spring sports

The North Central Texas College baseball and softball teams are set to begin the 2015 season with games later this week.
The Lions’ basketball team, featuring Nocona’s Caleb Swofford, will play at Mountain View College in Dallas on Friday at noon.
NCTC and Mountain View will then play at noon on Saturday at Darwin Field in Gainesville.
The Lady Lions’ softball team will also play at home at noon on Saturday against Murray State (Okla.).
The baseball and softball fields are located on the NCTC campus.

Nocona’s Graham garners class again

Nocona High School heavyweight powerlifter Deziray Graham won her weight class again – this time at the 11th Annual Perrin Pirate Invitational on Saturday.
Graham lifted 770 pounds, which included a 340-pound squat. She finished 25 pounds ahead of Chico’s Jessica Redwine.
Lexi Towery took second at 165 pounds for Nocona. Towery lifted 625 pounds among the squat, bench press and dead lift. She finished 80 pounds behind Sydney Wilhelm from Archer City.
Jessica Vogel placed eighth at 132-pound division, lifting 530 pounds.
On the boys’ side, Parker Marshall was 10th (945 pounds) and Juan Mancilla 15th (780 pounds) in the very competitive 165-pound class.
Nocona’s girls took ninth in a field of 19 teams, with 19 points. The Indians’ boys didn’t score any points in a field featuring 22 teams.
Overall, there were 158 male and 120 female lifters.

Bowie’s Jason Richey with partner Cody Owens. (Courtesy photo)