SPORTS
Bowie faces tough teams at first hosted dual
The Bowie Lady Rabbits got a big challenge Tuesday night hosting their first dual match of the season against Iowa Park and Boyd.
Playing some of the toughest teams the Lady Rabbits have faced so far, Bowie lost both matches in straight sets.
Bowie first played the 4A Lady Hawks. While the first set got away from the Lady Rabbits, with Iowa Park up seven points late in the set, the Lady Rabbits closed strong. The Lady Hawks did just enough to win the set, but Bowie made it close losing 25-23.
The second set saw the Lady Rabbits take control early up 7-3. Iowa Park came back and it was a back and forth.
The Lady Hawks grabbed control late in the set and won 25-21.
The third set started off close and competitive. Midway through Iowa Park started to pull away until it had a six point lead 23-17.
Bowie again came back and put pressure on the Lady Hawks, but Iowa Park would win 25-22 to take the match.
BJ Mills led the Lady Rabbits with 10 kills, Neely Price led Bowie with 24 assists and Taygon Jones had a team high 30 digs.
The Lady Rabbits did not play again until three hours later where they played the state ranked Lady Yellowjackets, fresh off a five-set win against the Lady Hawks.
Boyd did not let fatigue affect its performance as it controlled the first set. Bowie fell behind 10-5 and just could not close that gap for the rest of the set. The Lady Yellowjackets would win 25-19.
The second and third sets were more of the same, with the Lady Rabbits never establishing much of a lead and constantly trailing by more points than was comfortable.
Boyd won the second set 25-18 and the third set 25-19 to take the match.
Mills had a team high seven kills, Price had 22 assists, Jones had 23 digs, Jayci Logan and Gracie Duke each had one block.
The Lady Rabbits next play Millsap at 6 p.m. on Aug. 25 at home.
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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