SPORTS
Nocona basketball teams challenged at tournaments
The Nocona basketball teams both went to their second tournaments this past weekend.
The Indians and Lady Indians both went 2-2 with the boy’s team playing at Jacksboro and the girl’s team playing at Aledo.
The Nocona boy’s team first played Seymour. Coach Colby Schniederjan did not think the Indians played with much urgency. The Panthers got the lead early and never let go as they won 46-32.
Nocona won its next two games against Haskell and Springtown. The Indians had to pull out all of the stops to win in double overtime 59-58 against Haskell. Against the Porcupines, Nocona got a lead early and played solidly enough to win 51-42.
The Indians finished the tournament against Gainesville and played arguably their best game. Schniederjan felt his team executed the game plan, played sound defense and shot the ball well.
Unfortunately the Leopards found a way to win 45-42 in the final minutes, thanks in large part to Nocona making only two of its 13 free throws attempted.
The Nocona girl’s team first played Liberty Christian. A slow first quarter for the Lady Indians proved disastrous as the Lady Warriors got out to an early double-digit lead. Nocona could not close the gap, losing 65-44.
The Lady Indians started the next day playing A&M Conslidated. The game was competitive throughout with Nocona holding a small lead for most of the game.
The Lady Tigers tied the score up at the end of regulation to send it into overtime.
From there, the Lady Indians were able to make enough free throws to win the game 41-39.
The same day Nocona next played O.D. Wyatt. The Lady Indians offense exploded in this game.
A slow start from the Lady Chaparrals in the first quarter allowed Nocona to get a big lead early it never relinquished. The Lady Indians had three players finish with double-digit points, winning 79-47.
Nocona finished the tournament against Princeton.
It was a close game with the Lady Indians leading 39-36 heading into the final quarter. The Lady Panthers finished strong scoring 20 points in the quarter to win 56-49.
Both teams will play at home before the Christmas break against Muenster on Dec. 20. The Lady Indians will play at 5:30 p.m. and the boys will start at 4:30 p.m.
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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