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Basketball Roundup
Prairie Valley vs Forestburg girls
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won their rescheduled district game at Forestburg on Monday.
The Lady Bulldogs won 43-30 against the Lady Horns, getting out to a big lead in the first half.
Prairie Valley methodically passed through Forestburg’s two-three zone for open shots away from the basket, avoiding the Lady Horns tall post player Morgan Miller at all cost.
The Lady Bulldogs did well, with five different players scoring baskets in the first quarter, including Molly Gilleland who scored nine of the team’s 17 points.
Forestburg was trying to get the ball in to Miller in the post, but Prairie Valley tried to make it tough by pressuring ball handlers and stuffing the lane with multiple bodies.
The second quarter was similar as the Lady Bulldogs scored 12 points. Hailey Winkler scored eight points to lead the team as Prairie Valley led 29-6 at halftime.
The Lady Horns came out with more energy in the second half. They played smaller at times and found some success driving to the lane while making some 3-pointers. Unfortunately for them, the switch to man defense during some of these moments left the lane wide open as the Lady Bulldogs made them pay on offense.
Still, Forestburg outscored Prairie Valley 13-5 in the third quarter, cutting the lead to 34-19.
The Lady Horns would need a lot of things to break right for them to come back from a double-digit hole, but they fell short.
The Lady Bulldogs scored a bit more in the fourth, enough to make sure Forestburg never got the lead too close as they won.
Saint Jo boys
The Saint Jo Panthers first game back from the Christmas break against Muenster on Wednesday was a defensive struggle they would lose.
The Hornets won the low-scoring game 30-22 as both teams try to shake off the holiday rust.
The Panthers played good defense against the usual 2A power program from down the road. Unfortunately, they also struggled to score against good defense from Muenster.
“We came out hot taking a 10-7 lead in the first, but just couldn’t get anything going after that and they slowly pounded away at us and found ways to score by hitting the boards that we didn’t have on our end,” Coach Lyndon Cook said.
Despite the disappointing loss, Cook was proud how his team competed with the Hornets, a program he has a lot of respect for since he is a graduate from there.
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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