SPORTS
Nocona basketball teams challenged before holiday
Both Nocona basketball teams got some work in this week before the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Lady Indians played two games on consecutive days at the Glen Rose Showcase and went 1-1 while the Indians played a low scoring game against Alvord at home on Tuesday they won 34-31.
The Nocona boy’s team played the tough Bulldogs team in its lowest scoring game of the season.
“They were very good at keeping us from doing what we wanted to do offensively,” Coach Colby Schniederjan said. “It was a great challenge for us as we had to adjust on the fly to make things happen.”
The Nocona girl’s team first played the host Glen Rose on Monday. Despite being undersized, the Lady Indians hung with the Lady Tigers all game. Glen Rose led 32-29 at halftime
Nocona had a good defensive third quarter and held a one point lead 42-41 going into the fourth quarter. The Lady Indians could not close out the game in regulation as the teams were tied 54-54, forcing overtime.
Unfortunately, Nocona could not come out on top as the Lady Tigers won 62-59.
The Lady Indians came back the next day and played another bigger 4A school in Midlothian Heritage. The game was a bit of a slower pace as Nocona’s defense held the Lady Jaguars to under 10 points in the first two quarters. The Lady Indians led at halftime, but only 23-17.
Nocona’s defense picked up even more in the third quarter, allowing only two points to Midlothian Heritage. The Lady Indians pulled away to a 35-19 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Jaguars found their stroke in the final quarter, doubling its score. Nocona almost kept pace to keep its big lead safe. The Lady Indians won 52-38.
Both Nocona teams will travel to play one of the best 1A program’s in the state, Lipan, on Dec. 3. The Lady Indians will play at 6:30 p.m. and the Indians at 7 p.m.
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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