SPORTS
Bowie loses close one against big Muenster 50-44
The Bowie Jackrabbits hosted state-ranked Muenster on Tuesday to start the final week of non-district competition.
Despite the Hornets playing in the 2A classification their superior size and skill allowed them to just outdo the Jackrabbits down the stretch, winning 50-44.
Bowie got off to a great start in the first quarter, which has been an emphasis all year. The Jackrabbits feature only one player who is listed at 6’ 4” or taller this year. Despite the smaller classification Muenster has five such players, with two bruisers inside Bowie was determined to defend against.
Bowie’s aggressive pressure on defense and good shot making allowed the Jackrabbits to jump out to a double-digit lead in the first quarter 20-6, stunning a Hornets team with only two losses all season.
Muenster was too good of a team to stay down though. The Hornets rebounded in the second quarter while the shots and opportunities to score that were there for Bowie in the first quarter were not happening.
The Jackrabbits scored only two points the whole quarter while Muenster came all the way back to take a small 24-22 lead into halftime.
With the score almost tied after two wildly different quarters, the second half saw a much more evenly played game.
Both teams struggled to score in the third quarter as each team equaled nine points. The fourth quarter saw more shots go in on both sides. Bowie could not catch the Hornets.
While the Jackrabbits did a good job on Muenster’s two big scoring posts inside, tall perimeter player Bryson Culwell picked up the slack scoring a game high 24 points while making four three-pointers.
It was enough to stave off Bowie as the Hornets won 50-44.
Braden Armstrong led the Jackrabbits with 20 points while Trevor Vann joined him in double figures with 11 points. Riley Harris scored eight points, but led the team with 10 assists and four rebounds.
The Jackrabbits open district at home against an athletic City View team at 7 p.m. on Jan. 17.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the 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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