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Prairie Valley vs Bellevue
The Prairie Valley boys hosted Bellevue on Tuesday night for the start of the second round of district play.
The Bulldogs were able to get a measure of revenge since they lost to the Eagles in the first round, winning 68-53.
William Winkler led the team with 18 points while Nicholas Bell and Carter Lemon each scored 16.
Prairie Valley Coach Seth Stephens thought the key to the game was how well his defense played.
“We didn’t shoot great, but I thought we really got after it defensively for most of the game,” Stephens said. “Very proud of our team effort on defense. We also played with really great energy.”
The Bulldogs forced the action by pressing Bellevue, something Stephens felt worked good in the first game. This allowed the game to be much like a track meet and the score to be as high as it was.
The win is Prairie Valley’s second of district play. They hope it is the start of a different second round for them as they lost several close games in the first round they hope they can pull out.
Saint Jo vs Forestburg
The second round of the Saint Jo and Forestburg rivalry played out on Tuesday in Saint Jo with the results being similar to what has come this season.
The Panthers beat the Longhorns 78-53 as Saint Jo kept itself in the running for a bid at the district title while Forestburg searches for its first district win.
Despite the big margin, the game was more competitive than the first game. Like the first game, the Panthers came out aggressive early and were able to establish a big lead.
Also Saint Jo was making perimeter shots, something that is not always clicking every night for them so the outcome of the game seemed in hand.
Brock Durham had a game high 23 points and Blake Anderson was right behind him with 19 points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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