SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Busy week for Bowie boys, girls
By ERIC VICCARO
The Bowie High School boys’ basketball team played Krum at the American Airlines Center in Dallas for the second time in three years this past Wednesday.
“Krum’s a good program,” Bowie head coach Doug Boxell said. “They have a quick tempo. They like to jump and run and push it.”
Boxell said by playing in such a large arena this early in the season, the Bowie players won’t be mesmerized about the future location of games.
“We’re playing in the best and biggest arena,” he said.
Gary Mosley and Dillon Swaim will join their Jackrabbit teammates, fresh from Saturday’s unfortunate 29-20 loss to Littlefield in the Conference 3A Division I Region I area round.
Boxell said Keck Jones, Justin Franklin, Kason Spikes, Daniel Mosley and Dayton Shook will be the featured starting line-up.
Bowie was given the chance to play at the American Airlines Center as part of the Dallas Mavericks’ Court of Dreams Program.
Fantasy of Lights Tournament
The Bowie girls’ basketball team will be involved in the Fantasy of Lights Tournament at Wichita Falls.
The event has lost some luster this year as the large-school girls’ bracket will be played using a round-robin format.
Bowie girls’ basketball coach Chuck Hall said the Fantasy of Lights Tournament has been hurt by its central locations – because many teams play each other away from this event.
“Schools are getting away from playing the same people all the time,” Hall said, “and there are other tournaments.”
Hall said all the teams Bowie will face in the tournament will be a challenge.
Bowie will play at 9:30 a.m. on Friday versus Peaster at Midwestern State University. Later at 7:30 p.m., the Lady Rabbits will play Wichita Falls Hirschi at Hirschi.
The Bowie High School boys’ basketball team will play at 1 p.m. today versus Krum in the American Airlines Center. The Jackrabbits defeated Krum two years ago here. This is part of the Dallas Mavericks’ Court of Dreams program. (Courtesy photo by The Dallas Mavericks)
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.
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.
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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