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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Bowie runs down victory

Published

8 years ago

04/04/2016

Holliday High School pitcher Jennifer Wright is known for throwing a rise ball, and it’s not the easiest pitch to hit.
However, the Bowie softball team was able to find its groove on offense – spearheaded by three Taylor McCarty doubles and six RBIs from Carrington Davis – to defeat Holliday 10-7.
“Our offense did a good job of staying on top of the ball,” Bowie head coach Brant Farris said. “We were able to hit line drives, and that was a focus for us in practice.”
Bowie’s ability to hit line drives put undue pressure on Holliday’s defense, and that helped the Lady Rabbits improve to 14-7-2, 6-1 in 3A-9.
The team is one game clear of Henrietta, Paradise and Boyd in the district standings. Bowie played at home versus Nocona on Friday followed by a trip to Boyd next Tuesday.
Bowie helped itself in the bottom of the sixth by securing not one, but two outs during a double rundown.
“I would say that’s the first time I’ve seen two outs from a double rundown,” Farris said. “It was a great play. Hattie (Hammer) started it, and then Jayde (Brezina) took over to finish it. It was a turning point in the game because I think Holliday was poised for a big inning.”

Paradise 22, Nocona 2
Bryton Lemons and Sherese Price recorded the only two hits of the game for Nocona. Karlie Pepper and Lemons pushed across runs for the struggling Lady Indians. Read more, and see complete box scores and district standings, in the April 2 Bowie News.

Bowie’s Jayde Brezina prepares to throw the ball during a double rundown while teammate Hattie Hammer watches. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Nocona new press box put into place

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3 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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3 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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3 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.