SPORTS
Nocona runs Gainesville out of the gym 67-26
The Nocona girls played their final non-district game at home on Tuesday with a drubbing of Gainesville.
The Lady Indians easily beat the Lady Leopards 67-26.
The smaller Nocona team eventually started to run Gainesville out of the gym midway through the first quarter. The Lady Leopards were bigger than the Lady Indians and early on used it to keep pace with offensive rebounds.
Nocona led 8-6 with four minutes left to play in the quarter when the Lady Indians defense came alive and started forcing steals on the ball and off the ball.
Nocona pushed the ball in transition and in just two minutes went on a 9-2 run to go up 17-8. The Lady Indians finished the quarter strong with six more points to go up double-digits 23-8 heading into the second quarter.
Nocona continued to force turnovers against the lose ball handlers from Gainesville, clogging the lane and daring the Lady Leopards to shoot.
Once the rhythm of pushing the ball against a lack transition defense became the preferred strategy, the Lady Indians kept it up even as more of the bench got put on the court. Nocona led 38-16 at halftime.
The Lady Indians spent a lot of the second half resting their starters as getting varsity experience to every available player with the lead intact. Gainesville was kept frustrated the pressure on the ball forced turnovers which continued to lead to good offensive chances in transition.
There was no worry about any lulls that allowed the Lady Leopards to come back as Nocona’s lead grew to 56-20 heading into the fourth quarter.
The final quarter was the slowest paced of the whole game as the teams played until the final whistle with the outcome already known.
A fun moment happened when Laramie Hayes, in her second game back from injury, hit an open three-point shot that got the whole bench jumping.
The Lady Indians would go on to win 67-26.
Averee Kleinhans led the team with 17 points in limited playing time. Raylee Sparkman had a great game off the bench scoring 15 points.
Nocona started district on Friday. The Lady Indians home district opener will start at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 14 against Henrietta.
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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