SPORTS
Bowie, Saint Jo run at Slidell
The Bowie and Saint Jo cross country teams ran at Slidell on Friday and did well against a mix of teams from different classifications.
Overall, the Bowie girl’s team finished fourth, the boy’s team fifth and the Saint Jo boy’s team finished sixth.
The meet divided the varsity races into two heats to keep the number of runners down. At the end, everyone’s times were compared and placed into standings.
The Lady Rabbits saw Samantha Clark finish 10th overall with a time of 14:14. The top five runners for the Bowie girl’s team also included Jojo Villarreal finishing 22nd, Kaydee Jones finishing 24th, Hannah Craddock finishing 33rd and Desarai Reyes finishing 36th.
Coach Joe Crabb likes the improvements he continues to see from his team, but knows they still have a ways to go before the district meet in a month.
The Jackrabbits had Sid Mayfield finish first on the team in 16th place with a time of 19:34. Other scoring runners included Nathan Rodgers in 21st place, Ignacio Saucedo in 22nd, Andrew Sandoff in 24th and Alex Castro in 25th.
Coach Andy Atkins thought his team ran well overall. His top five almost all finished in the top 10 in their heat, but the next heat was faster overall which pushed the team down in the rankings.
Similar things happened to the Saint Jo boy’s team. Collin Thomas broke away at the end of his heat to win the race, but finished third overall with a time of 18:29. His teammates Kile Thurman, Noble Koelzer, Joshua Vogel and Brice Durham finished 17th, 40th, 46th and 62nd.
Coach Lyndon Cook was pleased as everyone’s times were faster than their previous race. Competing against some bigger schools for the first time, Cook was pleased that his runners seemed to step up to the challenge.
The Bowie teams next run at Brock on Sept. 30. Saint Jo next runs at Prairie Valley on Sept. 30.
To see results from all of the Bowie and Saint Jo high school runners, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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