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Nocona sweeps hosted cross country invitational; Bowie boys start off season

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5 years ago

08/24/2019

Nocona had its first cross country invitational Thursday morning at Indian Oaks Golf Club.
With six schools, including county rival Bowie, competing in varsity and junior varsity races, it was a good starting point for the beginning of cross country season.
The race hosts swept the varsity team result and won the junior varsity boys competition as well.
In the Nocona varsity boys three mile race, freshman Eli Croxton finished first for the Indians in second overall with a time of 20:04.
Behind him Hank Ulbig finished fourth, Lyndon Fenoglio finished eighth, Adam Meekins finished 10th, Iziak Weatherread finished 12th and Sam Cunningham finished 13th to round out the team’s scoring.
The boys finished 21 spots ahead as a team to finish in first place. The results have Coach Colby Schniederjan excited about the upcoming season.
“We brought back three runners from last year’s regional qualifying team, so I knew we had a couple of guys I could build a team around,” Schniederjan said. “I have been extremely pleased with my younger runners. We are running times now that were mid season times a year ago. I have about 11 kids that will push for the top seven spots. We had a successful start to the season at our home meet and we’re looking forward to the year.”
The Lady Indians also won the varsity competition in the two mile race. Junior Kylie Rose finished first overall with a time of 13:23.
Raylee Sparkman was not far behind as she finished third while Madilyn Ferguson and Claudia Espinoza finished fifth and sixth. Natalie Pirkey rounded out Nocona’s scoring by finishing 21st.
Coach Kyle Spitzer was pleased with what he saw from his girls as they hope to make it back to regionals.
“Our course presented some good challenges for us and I thought the girls responded well,” Spitzer said. “We saw some areas we need to work on, so we will get back to work and get ready for the Burkburnett meet next week.”
The Jackrabbit boys’ team competed as well. The varsity team finished tied for third overall.
Bowie’s top runner was freshman A.J. Whatley as he finished 11th overall with a time of 22:07. Caleb Harris finished 14th, Asdriel Saldana finished 16th, Bryson Moore 17th and Brock Neese in 19th rounded out the Jackrabbits scoring.
Coach Jonathon Horton thinks this was a good start for some of his younger runners.
“I was very pleased with how well our young guys ran against varsity competition, especially being the first three mile race for our freshmen,” Horton said.

For full varsity results, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Nocona new press box put into place

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3 days ago

07/20/2024

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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.

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Richey repeats at IFYR

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3 days ago

07/20/2024

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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.

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Youth rodeo awards presented

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3 days ago

07/20/2024

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The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo presented awards for its summer season this week. Tess Egenbacher won the top cowgirl buckle for the 13-18 age division, which was presented to her by Kyle Bishop. (Courtesy photo)

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.