SPORTS
Bowie loses shoot-out at Burkburnett
The Bowie Jackrabbits traveled to Burkburnett to face the ever energetic and pressing Bulldogs on Tuesday.
It was a shootout and a track meet from the start as the teams combined for 178 points, but in the end Burkburnett came out on top 100-78.
The Jackrabbits came into the game fresh off of their hosted tournament. One of Bowie’s two wins came against the JV squad of the Bulldogs, but Tuesday it was going to play the varsity team.
Burkburnett plays an aggressive style of press defense that requires constant substitutions at almost every dead ball. The players on the floor feed their energy off the bench and the crowd as the Bulldogs look to push the pace of the game to its limit.
Coach Jonathon Horton and the team knew they had to be ready.
“We started the game better than we have started any game all year,” Horton said. “We were prepared to play. We understood the environment. We knew they had a good student section. We knew their gym had tradition. It was going to be loud. It was going to be a fun place to play.”
The teams went back and forth in the first quarter as Burkburnett held a small lead 25-22. In the second quarter, Bowie’s offense ticked below 20 points while the Bulldogs offense more than equaled their total from the first quarter. Burkburnett led 51-37 at halftime.
The Jackrabbits offense did better in the second half scoring 20 and 21 points in the third and fourth quarters. Unfortunately, they just could not catch the scorching Bulldogs, whose lead slowly grew even more. The final was 100-78.
Trevor Vann led Bowie with 25 points and five rebounds. Braden Armstrong scored 18 points, handed out six assists and grabbed four rebounds.
Boo Oakley scored 11 points and led the team with eight assists. Cade Thompson also finished in double figures scoring 11 points and grabbing four rebounds.
Offensively, it was easily the Jackrabbits best offensive showing. The team shot more than 50 percent from the field and from three-point range.
Bowie also worked the aggressive Bulldog defense against them, heading to the free throw line for 23 shots and knocking down 70 percent of them. Unfortunately, Burkburnett shot almost as well from the field though the Bulldogs had 16 more attempts.
The Jackrabbits next game is at Ponder at 7 p.m. on Dec. 17.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of 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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