SPORTS
CROSS COUNTRY: Gomez places 21st for Nocona boys
The Nocona High School boys’ and girls’ cross country teams opened the season on Saturday at the Boyd Invitational.
Nocona finished ninth out of 16 teams on the boys’ side, compiling 256 points. Valley View was the winner by one point over Holliday.
Joan Gomez was the top Indians finisher, clocking in at 18 minutes, 54.79 seconds for 21st overall.
Luis Rico was next in 34th place with a time of 19:30.61 over the 5,000-meter course. Other finishers were Landon Langford (73rd), John Womack (74th), Juan Rico (78th), Cooper Harris (97th) and Manuel Hernandez (115th).
Overall winner was Whitesboro’s Michael Urbina in 17:08.33, six seconds faster than Holliday’s Brady Gonzalez.
The boys’ field featured 131 runners. None of the Nocona boys ran in the junior varsity division.
Trey Pepper was Nocona’s top finisher in the junior high boys’ division, taking 89th (16:13.90).
Holley makes debut for Saint Jo
Saint Jo freshman Paityn Holley made her high school cross country debut at the Duncan Invitational in Oklahoma on Saturday.
Holley raced in with a 10th-place finish, clocking in at 13 minutes, 39.40 seconds for 10th place in the varsity girls’ 3,200-meter race.
Coletta Holland came next for Saint Jo, taking 27th in a time of 16:07.30.
Ashley Reyling and Destiny Diaz also ran for Saint Jo, finishing 30th and 31st, respectively with times of 16:19.78 and 16:38.78.
This week’s calendar
Bellevue competes at the Midwestern State University Jamboree set for Sept. 8 in Wichita Falls. Bowie will travel to Keene for a meet on Sept. 9, high school only. Saint Jo ventures to the Gerald Richey Invitational on Sept. 10 in Grand Prairie. Bowie Junior High competes at the Shade Tree Run in Muenster the same day.
Read more results in the Sept. 7 Bowie News.
Joan Gomez and Luis Rico from Nocona compete during the 2015 meet. Both Rico and Gomez opened the 2016 season on Saturday at the Boyd Invitational. (News file photo by Eric Viccaro)
SPORTS
Nocona new press box put into place
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
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
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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