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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Weber, Rabbits grill Eagles

Published

9 years ago

04/29/2015

For second-year Bowie High School head baseball coach Ryan Rogers, the reward was seeing jubilation on the Jackrabbits’ faces.
“There was a lot of excitement,” Rogers said as Bowie defeated Holliday 11-3 en route to clinching the District 3A-9 title. “It’s a reward for all the hard work they’ve done. It’s good for the kids and the community.”
Bowie won its first district championship in nearly a decade (2006) as Kamry Weber smacked a second-inning grand slam and Chandler Dean used his finesse more than his fastball to get outs.
The Jackrabbits, ranked in the top-10 in Conference 3A in every state poll, have improved to 22-1-2 and 12-0 in 3A-9. Bowie played Montague County rival Nocona on Senior Night Tuesday before wrapping up the season on the road Friday at Boyd.
Weber’s home run was just the start of Bowie’s offensive barrage.
“I was hoping it would go out,” Rogers said. “I knew it had a shot because of the short right field fence. It was big for us.”
On a two-ball, two-strike count, Weber turned on a Zach Gowen pitch and lifted the ball toward right field. The wind carried it past the fence by a few feet for the homer.
Dylan Slade opened the second inning with a single. Read more, and see the complete box score, in the mid-week Bowie News.

Bowie’s Kamry Weber looks to see where the ball is heading during the second inning of Saturday’s District 3A-9 game at Holliday. This turned into a grand slam home run as the Jackrabbits pounded the Eagles for the district title, winning 11-3. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Nocona gets delivered new press box

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10 hours 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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11 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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11 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.