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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Nocona extends Bowie to six

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8 years ago

04/06/2016

The Nocona High School softball team may want to pretend every team they play wears maroon.
That’s because the Lady Indians have played their best softball against District 3A-9 frontrunner Bowie this season.
“They had good swings on the ball, and good things happened for them,” Bowie head softball coach Brant Farris said.
“I think that we were seeing the ball well, and we were more confident at the plate,” Nocona head coach Lindsay Cline said. “It was really the pick-me-up they needed.”
Nocona had struggled this season stringing hits together for big innings, but that certainly wasn’t the case here.
Nocona found itself down 13-1 after three innings, but the Lady Indians showed resolve in the top of the fourth – pushing across six runs to make the game more competitive.
Bowie stands at 15-7-2, 7-1 heading into Tuesday night’s all-important game at Boyd with the district lead on the line. Nocona (4-13, 0-8) plays host to Holliday.
With that win over Nocona, Bowie has already equaled its win total from the 2015 season – and there’s still most of the second half of district yet to play. Read more, and see box scores and updated district standings, in the April 6 Bowie News.

Bowie’s Callie Melton shows the ball after stretching to make a putout at first base during Friday’s District 3A-9 game versus Nocona at the outdoor sports complex. (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.