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Girls Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona girls basketball team lost a close one at 5A Rider Tuesday night.
The Lady Indians hung with the seventh ranked team in the state for three quarters, falling just short 62-59.Nocona actually was in control in the first half. The Lady Indians did their best to keep the Lady Raiders post players occupied at all times.
On offense Nocona was trying to be fearless scoring at the basket but also made a couple of 3-pointers in the first quarter to get the lead 16-10. The teams were even in the second quarter 11-11 with the Lady Indians making three more 3-pointers in the quarter to keep their lead 27-21 at halftime.
Rider came back in the third quarter and tied the game up at 40-40. The majority of Nocona’s points in the quarter again came from 3-pointers, but the Lady Vikings offense seemed to have sparked after a lackluster first half.
That continued in the fourth quarter. Rider more than doubled its first half score (21) with the amount the team scored in the fourth quarter.
The Lady Indians would not give up though. The team made four 3-pointers in the quarter while also scoring from the free throw line to try and keep up. Unfortunately, Nocona could not as it lost by one score 62-59.
Nocoan’s next scheduled game is at 11:45 a.m. on Dec. 5 at Peaster.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost a close game to Ector on Tuesday after a last second rescheduling.
The Lady Eagles won 41-36 in a game the Lady Bulldogs were outsized in.
The physical intimidation might have been a mental factor in the first half as Prairie Valley trailed by seven points at halftime.
The Lady Bulldogs hung on close despite the height disadvantage thanks to their outside shooting. Prairie Valley had a chance to tie the score up in the final minute down three points.
Unfortunately, a turnover and foul led to Ector able to make some free throws that iced the game.
Prairie Valley’s next scheduled game is at 5 p.m. on Dec. 8 at Wichita Christian.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns won their first game of the season against Savoy on Tuesday.
The Lady Horns picked up the big win 50-22 against the Lady Cardinals.
Faith Moore led the team with 19 points while Morgan Miller joined her in double-figures with 10 points.and grabbing six rebounds.
Coach Cori Hayes liked what he saw from his team so early in the season, but still sees plenty of room for improvement.
Forestburg’s next scheduled game is at 6 p.m. on Dec. 8 against Perrin-Whitt at home.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears beat up on Henrietta’s junior varsity team on Tuesday.
The Lady Bears beat the Lady Bearcats 79-25 in a one-sided affair.Gold-Burg did not waste any time scoring 20 or more points in both the first and second quarters before cooling off a bit in the second half.
Taylor Lyons led the team with 25 points while Kelly Contreras was second scoring 20 points. Sierra Weaver and Ashlyn Brown both finished in double figures as well scoring 10 points each.
The Lady Bears next scheduled game at 6 p.m. on Dec. 8 against Petrolia’s JV at home.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost to one of the top rated 2A private schools in the state on Tuesday.
Muenster Sacred Heart beat the Lady Panthers 37-17.
Kaitline Harris led the team with five points. Kayden Skidmore and Kate Sherwin were second with four points.
Coach Daniel Lindenborn thought his team did good job breaking the Lady Tigers press and putting up shots that just didn’t fall. As the game wore on, the lack of depth for Saint Jo became a factor.
The Lady Panthers next are scheduled to play at noon on Dec. 5 at Bryson.
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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