SPORTS
Nocona baseball wins 8-3
Some big late innings led to the Nocona Indians first district win on Tuesday as they hosted City View.
The Indians won 8-3, with seven runs coming in the final two innings from Nocona.
The Mustangs were able to get two runners on base in the first inning with a single and a walk with two outs. Pitcher Logan Barnes was able to strike out the next batter for the third out.
The Indians had their chance to score in the first as well with a single from Barnes and a drawn walk with one out. Nothing came of it until their next time up to bat.
Tyler Richards led off with a walk. Two batters later, John Womack doubled to center field. It was enough for the speedy Richards to score from first to give Nocona a 1-0 lead.
That proved to be enough to hold for an inning as both teams struck out the sides in the third inning and prevented any base runners.
In the fourth inning City View put together three hits and a walk that scored three runs to go up 3-1. Duece Glasker singled with one out to try and get something going for the Indians, but they could not as they still trailed heading into the fifth inning.
Richards came in to pitch for Nocona. It did not start well as four straight balls walked the leadoff batter. Fortunately, he was able to retire the next three batters to strand the runner at second base.
Nocona was able to load the bases with a walk, a single from Barnes and hit batter with no outs. A single from Jason Sparkman singled to score two runs and tie the game 3-3 heading into the sixth inning.
After not giving up any runners on the mound, the Indians offense exploded. After loading the bases again to start the inning, Barnes hit a triple to left field to clear the bases and score three runs. Two batters later Treneten Womack drove him in with a single.
With the bases loaded again, Glasker pulled a sacrifice bunt to score one more run before Nocona was called for the third out with the next batter flying out to right field. By then, the Indians were up 8-3.
Sparkman came in the final inning to get the save. He was able to strike out the side to end the game and secure Nocona’s first district win.
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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