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Lady Rabbits face state-ranked tests

Published

4 years ago

11/28/2020

The Bowie girls basketball team played lost games on Monday and Tuesday against state-ranked teams on the road.
The Lady Rabbits lost 73-40 against top-ranked 2A team Muenster and 54-45 against 11th ranked Ponder.
Bowie came in trying to play their trapping zone against the Lady Hornets, who elected to shoot over the zone and never looked back.
Muenster hit well and often from 3-point range from the start, leading 21-5 after the first quarter. The Lady Rabbits offense was slow to get going against the staunch Lady Hornets halfcourt defense.
While Muenster’s offense only slowed down in the fourth quarter, Bowie’s 16 points in the second quarter was the highlight, with almost half the team’s total points coming during the period.
Abbi Gamblin led the team with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Jayci Logan was second with eight points while leading the team with two blocks and three steals. Taygon Jones led the team with three assists.
With Muenster knocking in more 3-pointers (17) than the Lady Rabbits total field goals (16) it was too much to overcome.
Tuesday’s game was a much better pill to swallow. With wins against state-ranked teams Brock and Argyle, along with a triple overtime loss to Decatur already this season, the Lady Lions were going to be a tough test.
Ponder’s full-court press and rapid substitution pattern is also similar to how Bowie wants to play.
The Lady Lions led after the first quarter 14-11, but the Lady Rabbits kept it close heading into halftime trailing only 30-29.
Bowie built a five-point lead late into the third quarter as it looked like it was about to gain control of the game. Unfortunately, Ponder came back and retook the lead 41-39 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Rabbits had trouble scoring many points trying to retake the lead while the Lady Lions continued to score a consistent rate. A strong finish from Ponder led to the final score.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

SPORTS

Nocona new press box put into place

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2 days ago

07/20/2024

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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.

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Richey repeats at IFYR

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2 days ago

07/20/2024

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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.

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Youth rodeo awards presented

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2 days ago

07/20/2024

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The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo presented awards for its summer season this week. Tess Egenbacher won the top cowgirl buckle for the 13-18 age division, which was presented to her by Kyle Bishop. (Courtesy photo)

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.