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Boys Roundup
Gold-Burg vs Saint Jo In a game the Gold-Burg Bears needed to have, against the district number two team Saint Jo, one player refused to give up on the season.
The Bears pulled off the upset against the Panthers 79-74 at home on Tuesday night, having lost to them by double digits the two previous times this season, thanks to the heroic exploits of senior Tanner Parrish.
Parrish scored 57 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as he went 20-22 from the field and 17-21 from the free throw line.
He did this while having to sit out six minutes of the third quarter with foul trouble and playing the entire fourth quarter with four fouls.
With Saint Jo playing press defense all game to push the pace, Parrish was the benefactor each time Gold-Burg broke the press, finishing several two on ones with emphatic dunks.
Bears Coach Gordon Williams knew it was a game his team needed to win after four consecutive losses.
“Tanner was incredible,” Williams said. “That was the best offensive game I have seen in my career.”
While the insane individual point total suggests the Panthers should have tried something new, they did force 30 turnovers and play with the lead at times as 74 points is usually more than enough to win most high school games.
The Bears needed a win if they still had any hope of grabbing the third seed in the district from Bellevue.
The Panthers, whose only loss has been to district leader Slidell, hoped when they played again next week it would be for a chance at the district title.
Neither possibility is out of the question only two games into the second the round of district play.
Prairie Valley vs Forestburg
In the third meeting between Prairie Valley and Forestburg on Tuesday, the outcome proved similar with the Bulldogs coming out on top.
Playing at home, Prairie Valley was able to just come out on top 47-44 against the Longhorns.
It was a defensive struggle as both teams struggled to connect from deep except Carter Lemon for the Bulldogs. Lemon made five three-pointers and finished with 21 points. William Winkler and James Gaston each grabbed a team high 12 rebounds.
Prairie Valley next hosts Gold-Burg on Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. Forestburg plays at Bellevue on Feb. 5 at 7 p.m.
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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