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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Bowie’s skid hits three

Published

8 years ago

04/20/2016

The skid continues for the Bowie High School softball team, and the Lady Rabbits can’t seem to put it all together.
Against Henrietta, the problem was running the bases.
“I think it was a case of shooting ourselves in the foot,” Bowie head coach Brant Farris said. “We had three outs at home plate, and one at third base. We didn’t make smart decisions when to run and not to run.”
So Bowie was able to get runners in scoring position. The Lady Rabbits played solid defense with just one error. But, they walked out of Henrietta riding a three-game losing skid.
This has put the team in the same position as last year, with Bowie fighting for a playoff spot with Holliday on the final night of the regular season. The Lady Rabbits are 16-11-2, 8-5.
Last year, Bowie triumphed at Holliday. This also marks the “Senior Night” game with athletes recognized after completion of the contest.
“We’ve set ourselves up for this,” Farris said. “We could have easily clinched a playoff spot in the last three games.”
Henrietta is a solid team with pitcher Kagen Campbell, and the Lady Cats swept the season series from Bowie.

District 3A-9
Jacksboro 9, Nocona 1

The Nocona Lady Indians were defeated 9-1 when they visited Jacksboro Friday evening.
Karlie Pepper tripled during the game for the Lady Indians and Emily Wall pitched the game in defeat. Read more, and see complete box scores and district standings, in the April 20 Bowie News.

Bowie’s Taylor McCarty has the ball pop out during the sixth inning as Henrietta defeated the Lady Rabbits 4-1 on Monday. It was Bowie’s third straight loss. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Nocona new press box put into place

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4 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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4 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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4 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.