SPORTS
Lady Rabbits lose to Argyle Eagles, 52-39
The Bowie Lady Rabbits faced one big last pre-district test on Friday traveling to play 4A state-power Argyle.
The Lady Rabbits did a good job of staying with the Lady Eagles deep into the game, but Argyle finished the game strong to win 52-39.
With district play starting this week, Coach Joe Crabb wanted to make sure his team had been thoroughly tested against one of the best programs in the state.
Argyle featured several long athletes who were mostly perimeter based and good shooters.
Bowie had already played a similar team in 2A state power Muenster earlier in the season. The Lady Hornets could not miss from outside against the Lady Rabbits zone and were blown out.
Playing up a classification that is always the worry, but Bowie played well in the first quarter. The Lady Eagles were making 3-pointers early with four going in.
Argyle scored 18 points, but the Lady Rabbits were not that far behind.
Jayci Logan and Taygon Jones combined to score 11 of the teams 13 points in the first quarter as Bowie was still within range down 18-13.
The Lady Rabbits shored up contesting 3-pointers the rest of the game, but Argyle still found ways to score in the second quarter, though only 12 points.
Bowie’s offense hit a lull, making only two baskets from the field and scoring seven points.
The Lady Eagles lead hit double-digits leading 30-20 at halftime. The Lady Rabbits needed to turn the momentum or there was fear that lead would only continue to grow.
The third quarter saw that turnaround. Bowie had four different players score baskets, with Camberley Gunter and Abbi Gamblin combining to score nine of the team’s 13 points.
What swung things was the defense. The Lady Rabbits turned up the intensity, limiting Argyle to only seven points in the quarter. Bowie cut the lead to 37-33 heading into the fourth quarter and was looking to upset the state-ranked team on the road.
The score stayed within four points for most of the fourth quarter. The Lady Rabbits just could not take control of the game and grab the lead as the quarter was low scoring for both sides.
Eventually the Lady Eagles offense woke up. Argyle had its leading scorer score eight of the team’s 15 points in the quarter. Bowie just could not keep up in the final run, scoring only six points in the quarter.
Argyle got the win by double-digits 52-39 despite the second half being closer for the majority of the time.
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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