SPORTS
Lady Rabbits host first tournament
It was a tough first tournament for the Bowie softball team last week as they played/hosted a tournament, with locations at Bowie and Henrietta.
Through five games, the Lady Rabbits went 1-4 as the team continues to gel together and gain experience.
Bowie started with a game against Petrolia. After both teams squandered some chances in the first two innings, the Lady Pirates scored four runs in each of the next three innings.
The Lady Rabbits were able to manufacture two runs in the third inning despite not hitting too well, but it wasn’t enough as Petrolia won 12-2 in five innings.
The second game that day was against a tough Burkburnett team. Through three innings, Bowie was keeping pace. The Lady Bulldogs only led 2-1 heading into the fourth inning when things went bad.
Burkburnett scored four runs in the fourth inning and seven runs in the fifth. The Lady Rabbits could not answer as they lost 13-1 after five innings.
On Friday, Bowie got to take some of its aggression out on Bland. The Lady Rabbits hung up nine runs in the first inning and never let up. The Lady Tigers scored one run in the third inning, but Bowie was still able to run rule them after three innings as they won 16-1.
While Bailey Grant led the team with three RBIs and Gracie Bentley drove in two runs, more than half the runs were scored on the base paths. Coach Brant Farris’ aggressive philosophy put pressure on Bland’s defense and took advantage of all its mistakes in the game overall.
Coming right off that game, Bowie next played Archer City. The Lady Rabbits could not carry that momentum over against the much tougher Lady Cats.
Archer City scored eight runs in the first three innings before Bowie was able to respond. The Lady Rabbits scored three runs in the bottom of the third to cut the lead almost in half.
Unfortunately, the Lady Cats were able to add five runs in the fifth inning to go up 10 runs. Bowie could not respond as the game ended there with Archer City winning 13-3.
The Lady Rabbits played their final game on Saturday against Haskell. Things looked like they might end fast as the Lady Indians scored 14 runs in the top of the first inning.
Luckily, Bowie was able to answer back with three runs in the first inning and eight runs in the second to cut the lead to 16-11. Heading into the fourth inning, the Lady Rabbits cut the lead to 17-13 in this high scoring affair.
Unfortunately, Haskell had another offensive explosion in the fourth inning, scoring 11 runs. Bowie was not able to answer on the scale needed as the game ended there with the Lady Indians winning 28-14. Carrington Davis led the Lady Rabbits with four RBIs and a home run.
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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