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Bowie faces tough road test at Celina
The Bowie Jackrabbits traveled to Celina to take on another team not only in a higher classification (4A) but also ranked among the top 25 teams in the state in that classification.
The Jackrabbits struggled to score all night as the Bobcats pulled away in the second half to win big 52-26.
The first half saw Bowie’s defense do a good enough job to keep the Jackrabbits within range. Unfortunately, the shots were just not going in for Bowie as the team struggled against Celina’s length all over the court.
The Bobcats led 22-14 at halftime with the game still in range for the Jackrabbits if they could start the second half strong. Instead it was Celina that came out of halftime on fire.
The Bobcats outscored Bowie 16-5 in the third, ballooning the lead up to 38-19 heading into the final quarter. With the limited looks the Jackrabbits had from deep and the tough task of shooting inside against great length, Bowie did not have the fire power to come back on this night. Celina would win 52-26.
Riley Harris led the Jackrabbits with eight points. Cade Thompson had seven points and Braden Armstrong led the team with eight rebounds to go with six points.
Coach Jonathon Horton saw some good things. Defensively, Bowie only allowed four three-pointers against the usual sweet shooting Bobcats.
The final non-district game will be against 4A power Argyle at 7 p.m. at home on Jan. 10.
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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