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Curve ball hits Nocona Indians; Gold-Burg Bears routed by Savoy

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6 years ago

09/19/2018

Nocona
Nocona lost at Ponder on Friday night in an effort that Coach Brad Keck did not think was his teams best.
The Indians and Lions were tied 17-17 at halftime, but Ponder pulled ahead to 30-17 heading into the fourth quarter. Nocona did score two touchdowns in the fourth in an effort to come back, but Ponder scored one more touchdown to win 36-31.
Keck said his team was anticipating and prepared for the Lions wishbone attack, but they hit them with a curve ball.
“They came out in a spread and gun,” Keck said. “I kind of knew they have some pretty good skill kids. If they go to that, we could be in trouble and we were.”
Even after sideline adjustments and halftime adjustments, the defense never got comfortable stopping Ponder’s offense after preparing all week for another type of offense. Keck felt like his offense did well enough, but still feels like they have been their own worst enemy with too many drive killing penalties and mistakes.
Nocona has homecoming this week as they play at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 21 against Valley View.

Gold-Burg
Gold-Burg found themselves in trouble early against Savoy on Friday night at home.
Turnovers are always killer in football, but they are especially in six-man football. The Bears turned the ball over three times in their first four possessions.
Facing a good Savoy team and dealing with some injury problems already, it was a hole too deep Gold-Burg could not climb out of. Savoy would go on to win 70-25.
Quarterback Blake Allen completed 16-29 passes for 182 yards and four touchdowns. Will Hodges caught two of those touchdowns while catching four passes total for 62 yards. Steven Bell also caught two touchdowns and finished with four catches for 52 yards. Bell also recovered a fumble.
Gold-Burg next plays at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 21 at Perrin-Whitt.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

SPORTS

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.