SPORTS
Lady Panthers take on Nocona junior varsity
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers had a challenge playing the Nocona junior varsity squad on Saturday with only five players.
The Lady Indians JV won the low scoring game 24-12 against the smaller and fewer Lady Panthers.
With only five players Saint Jo had to worry about foul trouble and also fatigue. It was a low scoring game overall, but especially in the first half. Nocona knocked in a 3-pointer early, but only made one free throw the rest of the quarter.
Saint Jo had trouble getting the ball in close against the Lady Indians zone defense. Before the first quarter ended, Kayden Skidmore did make a 3-pointer to put the Lady Panthers on the board as they trailed 4-3 heading into the second quarter.
Saint Jo struggled to make the open shots it was able to find against Nocona’s zone. The Lady Indians were able to make two baskets at the rim during the quarter to increase their lead to 8-3 at halftime.
An early 3-point shot to start the third quarter signaled Nocona’s best scoring quarter of the game. A couple of close shots along with some made free throws more than doubled the Lady Indians score from the first half.
The Lady Panthers continued to struggle making shots from the field, but did a better job of getting to the free throw line. Saint Jo attempted six free throws in the quarter, with Kaitline Harris making three of them for the team. Nocona was in command 17-6, but the Lady Panthers were still in range to come back if they could make some shots.
That run never came for Saint Jo. The Lady Indians scored a couple of baskets while making a free throw to take a pretty commanding lead 22-6 with 3:23 left in the game.
Saint Jo’s Shaden Johnson then made back-to-back 3-pointers in the final minutes to double the Lady Panthers score while Nocona made one more basket, making the final score 24-12.
To read the full story, 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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