SPORTS
Bowie has up and down first tournament
The Bowie Jackrabbit basketball team participated in their first tournament at their hosted Gayno Shelton Tournament Classic last weekend.
Bowie went 3-2 against some quality competition that tested them, but early on in the tournament, the Jackrabbits were making things look easy.
They started off the tournament against Lake Worth. Bowie was up 28-20 at halftime, but started to separate itself even more in the second half. It was a game where everyone off the bench got to play down the stretch as the Jackrabbits won 54-36.
The same day, Bowie next played Mineral Wells. The Rams had no chance as the Jackrabbits shut them out in the first quarter on the way to a 24-0 lead. Bowie repeated the feat in the third quarter on its way to a 61-19 win.
Bowie started the second day of the tournament with a big test against 5A school Saginaw. The Jackrabbits trailed 27-22 at halftime as it got off to a slow start offensively.
Bowie ramped things up in the third quarter and was able to wrestle control of the game away as it led 40-32 heading into the fourth quarter.
Unfortunately for the Jackrabbits, they struggled to play with the lead as the offense went away while the Rough Riders took control of the game late and held on to win 48-44.
Bowie then played Braemer, a team from Australia. After an even first quarter both teams went crazy in the second, but it was the Jackrabbits who were up 41-29 at halftime.
Bowie was able to slowly extend its lead in the second half as the game got to a much more manageable pace for both teams. The Jackrabbits won 67-48.
Bowie then finished up its first tournament against another challenging 5A team, Boswell. The Jackrabbits had a narrow 29-27 lead at halftime, but the score was tied at 37-37 heading into the fourth quarter.
Despite Bowie having a lead late, it was the Pioneers who were able to make the plays at the end to win the game 49-47.
To read the full story, 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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