SPORTS
STORM CENTER COLUMN: Goon Squad makes game fun
The sports editor would like to take this time to applaud the student cheering sections at all of the schools he covers.
The Bowie Goon Squad was in effect on Wednesday night at Denton High School.
According to the Team Bowie Twitter account, even the Goon squad was better than Pottsboro’s cheering section.
The Bowie boys’ basketball team defeated Pottsboro by 16; the Lady Rabbits topped the Lady Cardinals by 25, and the Goon Squad won by who knows how many points? Bazinga.
The Bowie student cheering section has stepped up its game, especially now that we are in the playoffs.
I’d also like to take time to applaud the rest of Bowie’s fans as well. It was heartwarming seeing Bowie had more than quadruple the fan support of Pottsboro during the games. That also might be a conservative estimate.
Now, it’s time to go back to the Goon Squad.
Did you realize there’s a connection between Bowie and Goon Squads. Well, there is.
In the early-1980s song by David Bowie titled, “Fashion,” there’s a line that sings like this, “We are the goon squad, and we’re coming to town.”
In the song, it states there’s a “brand new talk,” and well that’s what the goon squad provided the other night.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Bowie High School student Abraham Landaverde plays a pink ukulele during Wednesday’s boys’ and girls’ basketball doubleheader between Bowie and Pottsboro at Denton High School. The Bowie Goon Squad chose a beach theme for this game. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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.
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.
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.
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