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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: UIL returns to the ‘Alamo’

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9 years ago

06/01/2015

This past year, Bowie resident Jonathan Pastusek served as an official at a Conference 3A girls’ basketball semifinal game between Shallowater and Jarrell at The Alamodome in San Antonio.
“I enjoyed it,” said Pastusek of his experience in San Antonio. “It was easy to get in and get out of the hotel. There was a lot to do.”
Pastusek said The Alamodome wasn’t a typical basketball facility, but that wasn’t a necessarily a negative.
He said half of the arena was closed off.
“The court was nice and there was a big screen for everyone to see,” he said.
On May 21, the University Interscholastic League announced The Alamodome will serve as the site for the state girls’ and boys’ basketball championships for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons.
The Alamodome took over as the basketball host site from the Frank Erwin Center, which is located on the University of Texas campus at Austin.
There were many reasons to move the event from Austin to San Antonio.
“It was quite a bit cheaper for people to stay at hotels in San Antonio,” said Pastusek, who also serves as the chief financial officer for the Bowie Independent School District.
This marked Pastusek’s first-ever state tournament appearance as an official. Read more in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.

Jonathan Pastusek, shown here durng a District 3A-9 qualifying game between Nocona and Holliday in February, served as a referee for a Conference 3A girls’ semifinal game between Shallowater and Jarrell at the state tournament in San Antonio this past season. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Nocona new press box put into place

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2 days 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 days 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 days 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.