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Bowie beats Nocona 3-0 to claim undefeated district crown

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5 years ago

11/02/2019

The Bowie Lady Rabbits capped off their undefeated run through district with a straight sets win against rival Nocona on Tuesday.
With it being their senior night and the district title already wrapped up, the Lady Rabbits took a victory lap in front of their home crowd. While the first set was competitive, the other two saw Bowie grow its lead early and win by comfortable margins.
The first set saw the Lady Rabbits race out to a 7-3 lead. The Lady Indians answered and tied the set at 10-10.
The two teams exchanged one and two point leads for the next 20 points, Bowie leading only 21-19 down the stretch. From there the Lady Rabbits pulled away, winning four of the next six points to win the set 25-22.
The second set saw Bowie jump out to a 4-1 lead and never relinquish it. The lead stayed around two or three points up until the Lady Rabbits 14-11 lead jumped to 18-12. From there, Bowie kept the pressure on and won the set 25-16.
The third set was more of the same from the second. An early 4-1 lead eventually grew to a 13-7 lead. Nocona just could not string together enough points to make up the deficit. The Lady Rabbits won the set 25-19 to win the match in straight sets.
While the district title was wrapped up before the game was played, the win against Nocona made it an undefeated 10-0 march through district. It is the program’s first district title since 2008 and the first undefeated district title since 2004.
Both teams head into the playoffs with high aspirations. The Lady Rabbits will play a warm up game at home on Saturday morning against Archer City. Bowie plays Tolar in the bi-district at 7:30 p.m. at Mineral Wells on Nov. 4. The Lady Indians play Peaster at 6:30 p.m. at Chico on Nov. 5.

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.