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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Indian boys declaw Tigers

Published

9 years ago

02/25/2015

The Nocona High School boys’ basketball team took care of business in Tuesday’s District 3A-9 finale.
The Indians outscored visiting Jacksboro 19-11 in both the second and the third quarters en route to a 74-59 conquest.
The win set up a three-team tie-breaker as Bowie defeated Henrietta 40-22 for the district title the same night. Nocona, Henrietta and Holliday were all in the tie-breaker scenario.
Nocona won the coin toss, and Holliday and Henrietta played Thursday night to determine who would face the Indians on Friday night. The Eagles defeated the Bearcats 55-41 to set up the game, which took place at Burkburnett High School, to determine the No. 2 seed from 3A-9.
“I was in a similar situation last year (at Brackett) except we had three teams tied for two spots,” Nocona first-year head coach Tyson Mankin said.
Regardless, the Indians are going to be at least a No. 3 seed when the postseason starts next week.
“We believe making the playoffs the first year will be a good stepping stone,” Mankin said. “But, making the playoffs wasn’t a surprise for us, the coaching staff or our players. It was expected. Building a culture of winning playoff games is what we are striving for, and we will have a very good chance at doing that this season.”

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Nocona High School’s Jaxon Phipps drives through the lane during Tuesday’s District 3A-9 finale between the Indians and Jacksboro. Nocona won the game 74-59, and is part of a logjam to determine the No. 2 seed out of the district since Bowie won it. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Nocona gets delivered new press box

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1 hour ago

07/20/2024

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Nocona got its new press box into place this week at Jack Crane Stadium. The old press box, which was in place for more than 60 years, was taken out in early June and moved to Indian Valley Raceway. The new press box was by the Southern Bleacher Company out of Graham. Athletic Director Black Crutsinger said they looked at a lot of press boxes and decided they liked the one at Lindsay High School and went with that model. Sean Hutson operated the crane from the Hurd Crane Service that put the press box up for Nocona.

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Richey repeats at IFYR

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2 hours ago

07/20/2024

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Sunset native Cason Richey (right) and his team roping partner Beldon Cox from Weatherford repeated as the International Finals Youth Rodeo champions last weekend at Shawnee, OK. Richey and Cox won the previous year and were able to complete the repeat by catching three steers in a combined time of 16.6 seconds. Richey is expected to compete attend Texas Tech University this fall and compete on the rodeo team.

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Youth rodeo awards presented

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2 hours ago

07/20/2024

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The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo presented awards for its summer season this week. Tess Egenbacher won the top cowgirl buckle for the 13-18 age division, which was presented to her by Kyle Bishop. (Courtesy photo)

The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo had its awards ceremony this week, giving out plaques and buckles to the top competitors throughout the summer season.
There were four age categories with five events to compete in for the young athletes.
Along with the best results in each event, at the end the overall best cowboy and cowgirl in each age division was awarded as well.
The lead line division, in which an adult helps the young competitors, saw Rylee Stewart win the first in poles, barrel racing and mystery event on her way to win top cowgirl.
Hattie Snow got the fastest time in the flags event and Lany Shupak got the fastest goat time. Riggin Bishop got named the top cowboy in the division.
In the eight-and-under division, Whitley Goins won the top cowgirl and Trell Carpenter won top cowboy. Goins got the fastest times in barrel racing, flags and mystery event. Carpenter got the fastest time in poles and goats.
In the 9-12 age division, Sage Keck won the top cowgirl while Chisum Carpenter won the top cowboy. Keck got the fastest times in four of the five divisions. Only Layna Taylor getting the fastest goat time prevented her from winning in a clean sweep.
In the 13-18 age division, Tess Egenbacher won the top overall cowgirl award.
Kiley McCracken won both the barrel racing and flags event. Emma Strahan won the poles and mystery event. Hadlee Bryan won the goats event.
There was no top overall cowboy in the age division.

To see the times for the winners of each event in all four age categories along with pictures of all of the top cowboys and cowgirls, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.