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HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY: Area teams run Monday

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By ERIC VICCARO
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There are plenty of enticing storylines heading into Monday’s Conference 3A-Region II and Conference 1A-Region III meet at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie.
Forestburg’s Skyler Sandusky and Saint Jo’s Juan Sanchez return to the same venue they ran at last year.
“I am proud of him and where he’s at,” said Forestburg head coach Steve Sandusky. “We will have the same plan as last year, to go for his best time.”
Sandusky won the District 1A-21 meet in a time of 18 minutes, 53 seconds, his season best. He won the race over Bellevue’s Gavin Moore and Sanchez.
Nocona brings a full complement of boys and girls – including dazzling freshman Maria Hernandez.
“It’s very rewarding experience for the kids for all the hard work they’ve put in,” said Nocona head coach Bret Botard. “And it’s an opportunity for us to advance further.”
Hernandez leads the Lady Indian contingent, coming off a fourth-place effort in the District 3A-9 meet at Kiwanis Park on Oct. 15. Her time was 12:05.91. Brayden Skinner and Luis Rico were seventh and eighth, respectively, in the boys’ race.
Both Gold-Burg and Bellevue boys and girls qualified for the regional meet together. Saint Jo fields a strong girls’ team coming off a District 1A-21 championship. And like Hernandez, Prairie Valley has a talented runner in Avry Hawthorne joining the fray.
“We are looking forward to the regional meet and learning from the experience so the kids know what to expect in the future,” Gold-Burg head coach Aaron Tefertiller said.
Both Tefertiller and girls’ coach Cheryl Cromleigh are looking to use this meet as an opportunity for achievement to overlap into other athletic programs. Brandon Lee leads the boys’ squad while Haley Davis guides the girls. Both runners are coming off top-5 district performances.
Bellevue has plenty of depth on both rosters with Emily Trail and Devon Cassetty pacing the girls and Moore and Jonah Belcher each recording top-5 finishes for the Eagle boys at district at Twisted Oaks Golf Club here in Bowie. Read more in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.

Ashley Reyling (left) and Caitlyn Holley represent Saint Jo at the University Interscholastic League Region 1A-3 meet at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie on Monday. (News file photo by Eric Viccaro) 

 

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Nocona new press box put into place

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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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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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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.

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