SPORTS
Indians lose to Peaster 65-43
The Nocona Indians faced a tough test in the bi-district round of the playoffs on Monday night facing state-ranked Peaster.
The explosive Greyhounds took advantage of a great start for them as they rolled to a 65-43 win, but the way the first quarter went it looked like it might have been much worse.
The Indians came in after beating Henrietta twice the previous week to get the final playoff seed and had an uphill battle ahead of them. Peaster came in rated fifth in the state, featuring a dangerous perimeter attack to make up for a lack of height.
The Greyhounds full court press started up and at first it seemed to shock Nocona. Coach Colby Schniederjan adjusted his lineup to get more ball handlers on the court at one time to try and combat it, but getting good shots proved tough early on.
Peaster was driving and kicking from the get go, making three 3-pointers while also driving to the rim against the now undersized Indians team.
The Greyhounds were up 21-4 heading into the second quarter, with no sign they were going to let up given their huge margin of victory wins.
Nocona settled down in the second quarter. While the team had started to break the press in the first quarter, settling down and trying to run a set against an aggressively jumpy team proved tough.
The Indians were able to get some touches to senior post Jason Sparkman, someone Peaster had no answer for as he either scored or got sent to the free throw line.
Nocona played Peaster about even in the second quarter, a good sign since the lead did not grow even more. It also meant the Indians did not make up much ground.
The Greyhounds led 36-16 heading into halftime.
The second half went much like the second quarter. The two teams played about even . Peaster continued to have no answer for Sparkman when he got his hands on the ball.
The undersized lineup fought its hardest to make up for it on the defensive end and make open shots on the offensive end. The Greyhounds offense just refused to slump for more than a minute or two while Nocona just could never get on a huge offensive kick to make up the 20 points it was down.
Peaster would win 65-43, but anyone watching the final three quarters while ignoring the score would have seen two teams going at it in an intense playoff game.
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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