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Bowie wins opening game 3-0; Archer City falls at MSU
The Bowie Lady Rabbits season got off on the right note as they won their opening game Tuesday night against Archer City at Midwestern State University’s “Battle in the Dome.”
The Lady Rabbits won in straight sets as some good late set play led to comfortable scores of 25-19, 25-19, 25-17.
Despite the outcome, Bowie did not start off well. The Lady Cats jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the opening set. The Lady Rabbits quickly recovered to tie the set at 5-5 to get into the game.
It was back and forth with neither team leading by more than two points for the next 20 points. The teams were tied at 15-15 when Bowie took control. The Lady Rabbits closed on 10-4 run to capture the first set 25-19.
The second set saw Bowie come out with an early 7-3 advantage, but Archer City came back to tie game at 10-10 and take a brief lead 13-12. After that the Lady Rabbits again were able to secure control of the set to lead 19-16.
The Lady Cats closed the distance to 21-19, but Bowie won the next four points to win the second set 25-19.
Up two sets, the Lady Rabbits wanted to avoid the dreaded third set let down. They were successful in that sense. The start of the set was competitive as Bowie could not get more than a two-point lead. That changed as the Lady Rabbits 13-12 lead grew to a 17-13 lead.
From there Bowie was able to close out the set in dominating fashion 8-3 on its way to winning the set 25-17 and the match.
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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