SPORTS
Jackrabbits lose in last seconds
The thread of victory got snatched away from the Bowie Jackrabbits on Friday as they played at Bridgeport.
After leading the whole game, Bowie lost the lead in the final seconds of the game 38-35.
The Jackrabbits started the game offensively on fire. Ty Harris scored from 3 yards out on their opening drive. Next drive Payton Price hit Boo Oakley across the middle and he took it the rest of the way for a 58 yard touchdown. A good two-point conversion put Bowie up 15-0.
Bridgeport’s quarterback Jadon Maddux got loose and ran for a 27-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 15-7, but Price was able to find Jed Castles for an 18-yard touchdown pass putting the Jackrabbits up 22-7. Before the first quarter was done, the Bull’s Christian Hand ran for a 70-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 22-14 heading into the second quarter.
Bowie went up by two scores again when Price found Castles again, using his six-foot-six inch frame to out jump the corner for a 16-yard touchdown. The Jackrabbits led 29-14. Maddux got loose again and scored on a 19 yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 29-21 heading into halftime.
Bowie was able to go back up by two scores on a play that saw Price buy time with his legs before throwing a pass up the seem to Joey Crawford, who took the ball to the house for a 63 yard touchdown. The extra point was no good to give the Jackrabbits a 35-21 lead. The Bulls answered back with their own drive as Hand scored from three yards out to cut the lead to one score 35-28 heading into the fourth quarter.
One thing or another kept Bowie’s offense from adding to their lead in the fourth quarter. Penalties played a huge part of the game for both teams, as the Jackrabbits were penalized 13 times, stalling drives.
Bridgeport cut the lead to 35-31 with a 32 yard field goal about halfway through the fourth quarter. Bowie ran some clock, but had to punt it back to the Bulls with about two minutes left and needing a touchdown to win.
Bridgeport moved down the field to the Jackrabbit’s 14 yard line, but Bowie’s defense was doing all it could to halt the Bulls as they started to run out of downs. On fourth down, Maddux threw the ball down the right sideline, where only his receiver Nolan Hernandez could get it. The extra point gave Bridgeport their first lead 38-35 with less than 30 seconds left. There would be no miracle play for Bowie.
To read the whole story, including full stats and JV results, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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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