SPORTS
Montague County schools run in WF
Cross country teams from Bowie, Nocona and Forestburg traveled to Wichita Falls at the J.S. Bridwell Ag Center on Wednesday morning to compete with some of the area’s best teams.
The Bowie boys’ team elected to run in the 4A-6A race, while the rest of the teams ran in the 1A-3A race. The Jackrabbits finished third despite moving up. Sid Mayfield was Bowie’s top runner, finishing sixth place with a time of 20:02. Ignacio Saucedo was not far behind in 11th place while Brody Armstrong finished 16th, Trevor Vann finished 20th and Riley Harris 30th.
Coach Jonathon Horton liked how his guys accepted the challenge, but concedes there are still spots open on varsity.
“I was very pleased with how well our guys attacked a difficult course,” Horton said. “It was a great morning to run. The guys competed well with our opponents and each other. We still have three spots on the varsity that need to be decided by district.”
The Lady Rabbits also finished third in their race as Nocona finished second. With the 4A-6A girls race much longer than what either team is used to running, both ran in the 1A-3A race.
Kylie Rose finished first for the Lady Indians in second place as she ran a 13:41. Raylee Sparkman finished two spots behind her in fourth while Allie Brown and Claudia Espinoza both finished in the top 10 in seventh and 10th place. Sydnee Mowry rounded out the top five runners finishing in 25th place.
For the Lady Rabbits, Landra Parr finished first in eighth place with a time of 14:39. Julia Witt was next in 13th place followed by Jojo Villarreal in 14th, Brysen Richey in 21st place and Kaydee Jones in 24th place.
Forestburg also ran its three runners in the race as individuals. Sol Martinez finished first for the Lady Horns in 37th place with a time 17:36. Issabella Roller and Gracie White finished 45th and 46th to cap off Forestburg’s day.
The Nocona boys’ team ran in the 1A-3A race and finished third as a team. Hank Ulbig finished the race fifth overall with a time of 20:33 to lead the Indians.
Eli Croxton joined Ulbig in the top 10 with an eighth overall finish. Iziak Weatherread finished 13th, Frank Espinoza 16th and Miguel Gonzalez 18th to round out the scoring.
To see full results, 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.
-
NEWS2 years ago2 hurt, 1 jailed after shooting incident north of Nocona
-
NEWS8 months agoSuspect indicted, jailed in Tia Hutson murder
-
NEWS1 year agoSO investigating possible murder/suicide
-
NEWS2 years agoWreck takes the life of BHS teen, 16
-
NEWS12 months agoMurder unsolved – 1 year later Tia Hutson’s family angry, frustrated with no arrest
-
NEWS1 year ago
Sheriff’s office called out to infant’s death
-
NEWS2 years agoBowie Police face three-hour standoff after possible domestic fight
-
NEWS2 years ago
Driver stopped by a man running into the street, robbed at knifepoint