SPORTS
Bowie goes 4-2 at ASC Tournament
The Bowie Lady Rabbits’ volleyball team played in its first tournament last week at the always tough Nike Advantage Sports Complex Classic in Carrollton.
The Lady Rabbits only lost one game each day as they made it into the division two gold bracket on Saturday.
The tournament attracts some of the best teams in North Texas at different levels of classification, meaning this will probably be where Bowie sees some of its tallest competition all year.
Right away the Lady Rabbits faced off against 6A power Allen’s junior varsity team in pool play. Bowie could not get anything going as the Lady Eagles won in straight sets 25-13 and 25-20.
The Lady Rabbits next played a foe who was more on their level, but would still provide a challenge in Gunter. After losing the first set 25-16, Bowie bounced back in a big way to win the second set 25-15 to force a third and final set.
With all the momentum on their side, the Lady Rabbits won a closely contested third set 25-22 to win their first match of the tournament.
Pool play ended with a game against 4A Sunnyvale. Bowie took it to the Lady Raiders as it won in straight sets 25-14 and 25-22.
The 2-1 record in pool play allowed the Lady Rabbits to play among the best teams in the gold bracket. Bowie was quickly tested as it faced off against 4A Sanger.
The first set was close, but the Lady Rabbits were able to pull away in the end to win it 25-21. The second set was similar, but the Lady Indians were not going away without a fight as they took set two 25-20 to force a third set.
Bowie bounced back in a big way as it grabbed a big lead early and never let go. The Lady Rabbits won the third set easily 25-11 to win the match and advance in the bracket.
Bowie next played a private school out of Plano, Prince of Peace Catholic School. While the scores were competitive enough, the Lady Rabbits were playing from behind in both sets as the Lady Eagles won both 25-16 and 25-21. Prince of Peace would eventually go on to finish runners-up in the tournament.
The loss allowed Bowie to play only one more game no matter what. The Lady Rabbits were matched up with another big time program’s junior varsity as the played 5A Aledo.
The sets were close, with the second set being as close as a winning set can get, but the older and more mature Bowie team won both sets with scores of 25-21 and 25-23.
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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