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Lady Rabbits struggle at Pottsboro
The Bowie Lady Rabbits went to their second tournament of the season at Pottsboro last week.
The Lady Rabbits struggled in some close games and ultimately went 1-4 against some good competition.
Bowie first played the tournament host, the Lady Cardinals. It was a low scoring, competitive game, but down the stretch Pottsboro made more things happen on its way to winning 40-35.
Hope Jones had a big day scoring 21 points, with half coming from the free throw line, but it wasn’t enough.
The Lady Rabbits next played Howe. The Lady Bulldogs got off to a good first quarter start, leading 16-8. The rest of the game Bowie’s defense did a better job of limiting Howe’s offense.
Unfortunately, the scoring never quite picked up for the Lady Rabbits. That eight-point lead carried through the rest of the game as Bowie would lose 43-35. Jasmine Jones led the team with nine points.
The third game against Denison was a similar scoring type of game, though the Lady Jackets lead was never more than a few points, leading 15-13 at halftime.
The offense picked up in the fourth quarter, but ultimately Denison held on to win the closest game of the tournament for Bowie, 37-35. Abbi Gamblin led the team with eight points.
The offense picked up for the Lady Rabbits in game four against Melissa. While the first quarter saw the teams tied at 7-7, both offenses picked up the rest of the game.
Bowie had a 39-33 lead heading into the fourth quarter, but unfortunately could not close the deal as the Lady Cardinals scored 19 points in the quarter to win 54-47. Jones led the team with 16 points, with 10 coming at the free throw line.
Not wanting to go home with no win, the Lady Rabbits closed the tournament with their best performance against Era.
The game was easily the highest scoring game of the tournament for Bowie. The Lady Rabbits led only 39-36 heading into the fourth quarter.
Bowie then closed the game strong, scoring 23 points in the final quarter to win by double digits 62-50. Jones led the team with 25 points while Jayci Logan joined her in double figures with 15.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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