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Bowie loses big to City View 72-47
The Bowie Jackrabbits lost their first district game on Tuesday when they ran into a buzz saw that is City View.
The Mustangs won with little issue 72-47 as the Jackrabbits looked overwhelmed at times, especially starting the game.
City View came in on a four-game win streak, a ranking among the top 25 in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll and a blowout win against rival Nocona. It did not take long to see how.
The Mustangs’ long and springy athletes were tough for Bowie ball handlers to dribble and pass around thanks to their full-court press.
“We were ready for the press,” Coach Andy Atkins said. “We watched film on them and knew exactly what was coming, but in person that press felt a little bit more suffocating than really any of the other pressing teams we have faced this year.”
City View was firing from 3-point range in the first quarter and hitting, making four in the quarter.
As the game went on though, the Mustangs abandoned shooting from deep and instead tried to isolate defenders and drive to the basket.
City View had several different players who did this so the Jackrabbits had trouble keying in on any one player.
Bowie’s post defenders started trying to help by sagging off their man in the perimeter, but the Mustangs players did a good job of finishing through contact if not drawing free throw attempts.
“Part of that was them deciding, we are a little bit bigger,” Atkins said. “We are going to go bully this and I don’t think we were quite ready for that and it showed. They got a lot of shots at the rim and they finished. They are really good.”
The Jackrabbits fell behind 21-9 in the first quarter and never really got back into the game down 43-22 at halftime.
Bowie did a better job in the second half overall, but down 21 points only a miracle of a comeback would have been enough for the Jackrabbits to claw their way back into the game.
Playing about even in the second half did not allow them to get close at any point.
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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