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Bowie girls junior varsity goes 2-2

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits JV Maroon team had an up and down Hoopin’ into the Holidays classic last week.
The Lady Rabbits played four games on Nov. 19-20 and finished 2-2.
They first played Bridgeport. Bowie had a small 21-19 lead at halftime, but could not hold onto it in the second half as Bridgeport won 50-43. Tatum Crow led the team with 15 points and Kaydee Jones was second with eight.
The Lady Rabbits next played Iowa Park. Again Bowie led at halftime 23-19, but were able to finish strong in the fourth quarter defensively to hold on to win 39-31. Crow led the team with 14 points and Camberley Gunter joined her in double digits with 11.
The next day the Lady Rabbits started the day against Graham. Despite a strong 12-4 lead in the first quarter, Bowie found themselves behind 21-15 at halftime. A strong third quarter from Graham extended the lead and the Lady Rabbits could not catch up as they lost 45-34. Gunter led the team with 12 points and Miranda Hill and Crow each had seven.
The Lady Rabbits finished the tournament against Callisburg. Bowie had a great first half, leading comfortably 31-5 at halftime. They were able to coast to the finish as they easily won 48-24. Crow led the team with 18 points and Hill was second with 13.
Gunter was named to the all-tournament team along with Zoe Hall from Bridgeport, Mallory Williams from Burkburnett, Haily Bass from Callisburg, Rachel Grimsley from Graham, Emma Schubert from Iowa Park, Chloe Hacker from Muenster, Cate Sloan from S&S Consolidated and Rexa Hand from Windthorst.
The Lady Rabbits next play at 5 p.m. on Nov. 27 at Mineral Wells.

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Nocona new press box put into place

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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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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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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.

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