SPORTS
Bowie beats Nocona on senior night
Bowie and Nocona boy’s basketball teams matched up for the second and final time on Tuesday night in Bowie on senior night.
The Jackrabbits were able to ride a one-sided third quarter to a 55-45 win against the Indians to earn the series sweep against their rivals.
Both teams were dealing with injuries as Bowie had Taylor Pigg out and Nocona had leading scorer Jason Sparkman out. Both teams decided start big lineups, the Indians to try and matchup with the Jackrabbits Daniel Mosley and Bowie to see if they could double up on that advantage.
The Jackrabbits started the game well, jumping out to a 6-1 lead midway through the first quarter. Nocona was able to get some shooters open coming off screens and knocked in a pair of three-pointers to cut the lead to 9-7.
Bowie was able to find ways to get the ball inside and capitalize on open perimeter shots as they ended the quarter with three baskets as they led 15-11.
The second quarter went much more the way of the Indians at first. While they were never able to grab the lead from the Jackrabbits, Nocona cut the lead to 18-17 midway through the quarter as Bowie struggled to score.
The Jackrabbits were able to open themselves up enough as baskets from Mosley and Evan Kennedy off the bench allowed Bowie to keep its lead. The Indians were still within shooting distance though as the Jackrabbits led 26-21 at halftime.
The second half started and it was all Bowie. The Jackrabbits aggressively started going for steals both on the ball and off.
They were able to take advantage of this by getting out and running in transition as they started the third quarter on an 8-2 run in the first two and half minutes.
With a double digit lead Bowie could have settled things down, but the foot stayed on the gas for the rest of the quarter.
Not only could Nocona not keep up, they had trouble scoring at all. Shooters coming off screens were not getting the clean looks they were getting in the first half as the Jackrabbits did better at fighting through the screens and contesting shots.
Bowie’s offense continued to flourish in transition as Justin Franklin balanced scoring himself and throwing no-look passes to teammates. By the end of the quarter, the Jackrabbits’ lead had grown to 48-27 and the game was pretty much a forgone conclusion.
The fourth quarter saw Bowie mostly able to keep any comeback attempts at bay as the lead stayed above double digits. With two minutes to go, Horton got his bench in.
They struggled as Nocona was able to force turnovers and score off of them to make the final score closer than it was for all of the second half. While it was a sour end for the Jackrabbits, they still got the win 55-45.
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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