SPORTS
Nocona teams win on the road at Breckenridge
Both Nocona teams won at Breckenridge, but did it in different ways.
The Lady Indians won the game in a blowout 79-31. The Indians had to go to overtime to pull out a defensive grind-it-out game 38-34.
The Nocona boy’s played on Friday and the first half was rough. The Indians made only four baskets, but thankfully three of them were 3-pointers.
Their defense kept them in it as the Buckaroos only led 15-11 at halftime.
Nocona did a better job of getting some shots around the rim in the second half.
The game was tight throughout regulation as neither team’s offense scored enough to pull away. After four quarters the game was tied at 27-27 and was sent to overtime.
The Indians got big 3-pointers from experienced guards Lyndon Fenoglio and Landry McCasland to put the team up some.
This forced Breckenridge to start fouling Nocona, sending both players to the free throw line down the stretch.
The two combined to make five of their six attempts to close out the game as the Indians won 38-34.
There was much less drama in Saturday’s Lady Indians game. Nocona’s offense came out ready to run against a Breckenridge team it knew could not keep up.
The Lady Indians scored 20 or more points in both the first two quarters while the Lady Buckaroos struggled to finish with double-digits.
Nocona pushed the ball in transition off of defensive rebounds with either full-court outlet passes or charges led by senior Averee Kleinhans. She scored 21 of her game high 30 points in the first half.
Up 50-10 at halftime, the Lady Indians called off the dogs in the second half.
The Lady Buckaroos scored in double-figures in both the third and fourth quarter while Nocona’s offense settled down to 29 points as it coasted to the win.
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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