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Basketball Roundup
Bellevue vs Gold-Burg girls
Before Christmas break the Bellevue Lady Eagles hosted Gold-Burg in the second district game of the season.
The Lady Eagles came through with a big win 73-19 to move to a 2-0 record and stay in the hunt for a district title.
The physical press from Bellevue was too much for the Lady Bears. Sky-Lar Embry had a game high 35 points for the Lady Eagles while Austin Ford scored 16 as well.
Bellevue Coach John McGee likes the start to district play his team has in the first week. With ambitions for challenging perpetual district favorite Slidell for the district crown, his team took care of business.
Bellevue next plays at the Windthorst holiday tournament on Dec. 26-28 to get back into things.
The young Gold-Burg team got the short end of the stick. In the first week of district play the Lady Bears played arguably the top two teams in district.
Gold-Burg is confident against some of the other teams in its district it can compete better as the team continues to come together and gain confidence.
The Lady Bears next host Midway at 6 p.m. on Jan. 3.
Saint Jo boys
The Saint Jo Panthers were able to go into the break feeling good about themselves getting a double-digit win at home against 2A Collinsville.
The Panthers won 62-48 as they got out to a good start from the get go.
Saint Jo scored 14 points in the first quarter and 21 points in the second. The Panthers led the Pirates 35-19 at halftime.
From there Saint Jo continued things in the third quarter and was able to coast in the fourth quarter for the win.
Seniors Connor Thompson and Logan Morman both performed well offensively. Thompson finished with 26 points and Morman with 14.
Coach Lyndon Cook also praised Brock Durham and Logan Brawner for their play on the defensive end as he felt the game was the perfect note to go into the Christmas break on.
The Panthers will play in the North Central Texas College holiday tournament in Gainesville on Dec. 26-28 to get ready for the start of district play.
Gold-Burg boys
The Gold-Burg boys hosted Petrolia on Thursday night heading into the holiday break.
The Bears lost 67-36 to the Pirates.
Gold-Burg could not keep up with Petrolia’s 19 points in the first quarter, but was still in the game at halftime as the pace slowed down. The Bears only trailed 28-20 at halftime.
Unfortunately, the Pirates had big offensive performances in the third and fourth quarter while Gold-Burg struggled from the field.
The young Bears team was led by their only senior Jacob Reno, who scored 17 points. Kani Grace was second with seven points.
Coach Leo Murguia hopes the tough test against the 2A school will be enough to get the team ready.
Gold-Burg kicks-off district play at home against Midway at 7 p.m. on Jan. 3
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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