SPORTS
Nocona teams go 3-1 at holiday tournaments
After the holiday break, it was good return to form for both of Nocona’s basketball teams at their holiday tournaments Dec. 26-28.
Both teams went 3-1 with the boy’s playing at the Windthorst Holiday Classic and the girl’s team winning the consolation at the Caprock Classic in west Texas.
The Lady Indians started the tournament against Lubbock Christian. After an explosive first half for Nocona, the Lady Eagles put the breaks on the Lady Indians scoring in the second half.
Nocona only scored 14 points total in the third and fourth quarter to lose to the private school 59-50.
The loss bumped the Lady Indians into the consolation bracket where they next played Smyer, a 2A school. Nocona played much more consistently in a game it controlled from the start.
Each quarter the Lady Indians scored at least 12 points while the Lady Cats never scored more than eight in any quarter. Nocona easily won 57-25 to bounce back from the first game.
The Lady Indians next played a stat-ranked 1A team in Morton. Nocona had a slow second quarter as Morton held a small 22-19 lead at halftime. The Lady Indians came out and doubled their score in the third quarter to take the lead and did not let go.
Nocona would go on to win 53-42 to qualify for the consolation championship.
Waiting for the Lady Indians was Sundown, a 2A team. A 23-point second quarter allowed Nocona to establish a 35-21 lead at halftime.
The second half was more slow-paced as neither team scored much, which allowed the Lady Indians to hang on to win 52-41.
Nocona hosts Gainesville at 5:30 p.m. in its final pre-district game.
The boy’s team started off its tournament playing a 2A team North Hopkins.
It was a slow down, low scoring game with every point needing to be earned. It was close down the stretch, but late game execution lacked for Nocona as the Panthers won by one point 27-26.
“We were not prepared for some late game situations and I take responsibility, but we were able to move forward and win games to finish,” Coach Colby Schniederjan said.
Finish the Indians did. Nocona earned one-sided wins against Electra (57-40) Santo (50-23) and tournament host Windthorst (51-34) to close out the tournament.
Point guard Landry McCasland was named to the all-tournament team.
In a wide open district with all teams featuring vastly different personnel and game plans, Nocona has three more games to play before district play starts. The Indians host Gaineville at 7 p.m. on Jan. 7.
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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