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Bowie beats Holliday 3-0 at home; takes district lead as only unbeaten

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5 years ago

10/12/2019

A battle of the two undefeated district teams took place on Tuesday as Bowie hosted Holliday.
The Lady Rabbits pulled off the straight sets win against the Lady Eagles to take sole possession of first place in the district.
Bowie got out to a great start in the first set, but Holliday was able to stay around. The Lady Eagles made a late run to get within one point 20-19. In the end, the Lady Rabbits were able to close the set out strong, winning 25-21 to take the lead.
The second set saw Bowie take a small early 6-4 lead. Holliday tied the score up at 10-10 before taking at 16-14 lead.
Looking to reverse the subtle momentum the Lady Eagles had picked up, the Lady Rabbits battled back to tie the set at 20-20.
Using some great serving and good blocking in the middle, Bowie was again able to close out a set that could have gone either way strong. The Lady Rabbits won five of the next seven points to win 25-22 and go up 2-0.
The Lady Eagles needed to win three straight sets if they wanted a chance to win the match and stay undefeated. Bowie, having not lost a set in district play and with the backing of a pinked out Bowie Pep Squad behind them, did not want to give Holliday any hope.
Neither team was going to have a lapse in set three. It looked like the Lady Eagles might as the Lady Rabbits jumped out to a 4-1 lead. Holliday came back and the teams traded small leads back and forth until midway through the set the teams were tied 15-15.
Bowie built its most promising lead of the set as it looked poised to coast into the end of the third set up 22-18.
Following a timeout, the Lady Eagles came out fired up, winning four of the next five points to close the lead to 23-22. The teams were eventually tied at 24-24 with the set poised to go either way in extra points. Fortunately, it was the Lady Rabbits who won the next two points to win the set 26-24.
The team was led by Aslyn Davis with 14 kills while she also had 16 digs. Landra Parrled the team with 13 assists to go along with 10 digs and seven kills. On defense, Lexi Kirkham led the team with four blocks while adding five kills. Libero Taygon Jones was busy collecting 24 digs in the back row.
The Lady Rabbits play at noon at Nocona on Oct. 12. Bowie next plays Henrietta to start the second round of district at home at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 15.

To read the full story, 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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2 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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2 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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2 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.