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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Bowie needs four to stop Paradise

Published

9 years ago

10/22/2015

Was it a case of perhaps looking ahead to Tuesday’s pivotal District 3A-9 match with Nocona?
Whatever it was, the Bowie High School volleyball needed four games to defeat Paradise during Saturday’s match at home.
Behind Addy Cook’s 23-kill performance, the Lady Rabbits defeated Paradise 17-25, 25-15, 27-25, 25-14, improving to 22-14, 7-4 in 3A-9.
“I thought we weren’t mentally ready to play,” Bowie head coach Jeanie Stark said. “We were sluggish and out of sync for most of the set one.”
Stark said the Lady Panthers’ digging gave them the opening salvo.
“We picked it up and played better in set two,” Stark added. “I was proud of them for fighting through in set three.”
But, Bowie saved its best effort for when that mattered most – the fourth set.
“We can’t have inconsistencies right now, there are too many competitive teams and everyone is feeling the pressure,” Stark said.
City View extended Nocona to four games as well, on Friday night, before the Lady Indians dispatched the Lady Mustangs.
In the end, Cook produced a sizzling .439 hitting percentage, plus she had 11 assists and two ace serves.
Karsen Morgan carried Bowie’s defense with 11 digs while Henslee Ogle supplied seven digs and Taylor Thompson and Madison Little six apiece. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News.

Bowie’s Addy Cook (10) played an exceptional match versus District 3A-9 foe Paradise on Saturday. Cook finished with 23 kills and 11 assists in a four-set victory for the Lady Rabbits. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (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.