SPORTS

STORM CENTER: This cliche has legs

Published

9 years ago

09/30/2015

On Sept. 4, the Bowie High School football team traveled to face Lake Worth to face the Bullfrogs.
It wasn’t an easy night for athletic trainer Jordan Roth as both Cayden Cox and Carter Shackelford were injured on a steamy night at Kittrell Stadium in Lake Worth.
Chase Hall battled through ankle discomfort and Josh Monkres endured severe cramping.
Injuries are a part of life, and I’ve had my share of them.
Sure, coaches don’t offer excuses for a team’s performance based on injuries to key performers, and that’s not the case here.
Cox and Shackelford are both expected to return to the field at some point for the Jackrabbits.
The football team isn’t the only one dealing with injuries as during warm-ups for Bowie’s District 3A-9 volleyball match against Henrietta on Sept. 12, Lady Rabbit middle blocker Karlyn Dean was injured.
Dean sustained a season-ending knee injury, joining Kamryn Cantwell on the sideline. Cantwell may return to help the Lady Rabbits, but that’s still an unknown at this point.
Without Dean, Bowie played inspirational volleyball recently with mammoth road victories at both Boyd, in four games, and Jacksboro, a three-game sweep.
Both the football and volleyball teams should be commended. The Jackrabbit football squad gave Henrietta all it could handle before falling to the Bearcats by four points.
Sure, Bowie is 0-2 since Cox and Shackelford went out of the lineup, but others such as L.B. Clement, Gary Mosley, Brandon Hutto and Kevin Stallcup have shouldered the burden well.
So, why is there all this talk about injuries?
Well, the sports editor is about to expose one of the worst clichés he’s ever witnessed in sports, and that is the M*A*S*H* unit.
I’m sorry, but I don’t see a visit to a high school training room resembling anything of the sort reserved for military personnel.
M*A*S*H* stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. The facility is a fully functional hospital in a combat area. Read more of this column in the weekend Bowie News.

Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.

M*A*S*H* stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. (Metro graphic, used with permission)

SPORTS

Nocona new press box put into place

Published

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.

SPORTS

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.

SPORTS

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.