SPORTS
Texas Ranch Roundup coming up in mid August
The Texas Ranch Roundup (TRR) will celebrate 38 years of highlighting historic ranches, the hard work of genuine cowboys and many facets of ranch life on Aug. 17-18.
TRR will be at the Multi-Purpose Event Center in Wichita Falls.
TRR kicks off with the opening of the Traditional Bit, Spur and Collectible Tradeshow and Kids’ Roundup beginning at 9:30 a.m. The Kids’ Roundup is free to the public and features a petting zoo, pony rides, a mechanical bucking bull, rope making and live music.
Visitors may sign their children up for the Kids’ Stick Horse Barrel Race from 4– 5 p.m. in the Kay Yeager Coliseum on Friday. For just $8, kids receive a T-shirt, a stick horse and compete against kids in their age division in a barrel race at 5 p.m.
The two children with the fastest time in each division compete against one another during the Aug. 17 rodeo performance. (Participants and guardians must have a rodeo ticket to enter competition.)
The night will conclude with all 10 ranches competing in exciting arena events in the Kay Yeager Coliseum at 7 p.m.
Saturday morning kicks off at 7:30 a.m. with a ranch horse competition sanctioned by the Ranch Horse Association of America in the Kay Yeager Coliseum. The trade show opens again at 9 a.m.
Also during the morning, visitors may watch as participating ranches cook at their chuck wagons during the cookin’ competition. Throughout the day, (9–7 p.m.) the many skills of the ranch families including painting/drawing, photography, crafts/jewelry, furniture/home décor and western handiwork are displayed in Room five of the Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall. Tickets for this historic event are on sale now. They may be purchased at TexasRanchRoundup.com, at the MPEC box office or by calling (940) 716-5555.
Children’s tickets in each end of the arena are $5 on Friday and $6 on Saturday. All other upper level tickets range from $10 – $18.
Admission to the gates for all daytime activities is $5 per day.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Jackrabbits
A day after football season ended and the Bowie boy’s basketball team played its first game of the season and is working towards a new goal this season.
The Jackrabbits lost that first game against Sanger on Nov. 9, 70-36 before bouncing back a few days later after some practice to beat Bridgeport on Nov. 12, 56-51.
Bowie comes into this season after falling just short of making the playoffs last season.
The team graduated two of its three double-digit scorers along with an experienced post player from its starting rotation last season.
Rayder Mann is the team’s most proven scorer from last season, but other players will be counted on to step up according to Coach Ryan Dykes, who enters his second season at Bowie.
“Rayder Mann and Bradly Horton will need to be the floor generals for us to be successful,” Dykes said. “Boston Farris will be counted on to be a productive player and Gaige Goodman will need to be a factor in the paint on both the offensive and defensive end.”
In the first game against Sanger, Mann led the team with 13 points while Goodman was second with eight points.
The offense was much better overall against Bridgeport. Horton had 15 points, Mann had 14 points and Farris had nine points as Bowie scored in double-digits in every quarter of the game.
Lady Rabbits
In the second week of the season the Bowie Lady Rabbits had up and down performances.
The Lady Rabbits lost at Bridgeport on Nov. 9, 68-30 but bounced back to win at home on Nov. 12 against Boyd 55-42.
Against Bridgeport, Bowie gave up too many three-pointers on defense as the Sissies made 12 in the game.
It was too much for the Lady Rabbits to keep up with.
Parker Riddle led the team with 14 points while Payton Holt was second with five points.
The offense was more successful overall and balanced against Boyd, pulling away in the second half. Hanna Bell led the team with 13 points while Holt was second with eight points and Lanie Moore had seven points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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