SPORTS
Indians to play state-power Brock
The Nocona Indians have quite the challenge ahead of them matched up with Brock in the bi-district round.
The Eagles are the second ranked team in the state and has been one of the premiere programs in the area the past decade if not longer.
This year’s team is different than other Brock teams. Whereas in recent years the team has leaned heavy on either its post play or guard play, this year it’s a bit of both.
The big challenge in the post for Nocona is trying to slow down big Nathan Jones inside. He is surrounded by good guard play and shooters, making any type of defense geared to stop Jones a risky proposition.
“We need to do a good job of defending Nathan Jones,” Coach Colby Schniederjan said. “I don’t think we can stop him. He’s very talented, but we need to limit him. Then we have to get out and contest shooters and make sure their guards have a hard time getting the ball to Jones.
Brock does not do anything fancy on defense. The Eagles play straight man-to-man defense. The Indians will be the smaller team at most positions, meaning clean looks could be a rarity during the game.
“Offensively we want to be patient and take good shots,” Schniederjan said. “They are big, bigger than we are as far as height. We are going to have to make sure we are very smart on offense. Just make sure we do a good job of handling the game play.”
The game is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Feb. 20 at Chico High School.
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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