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Bowie, Nocona boys basketball all-district teams released
The Bowie and Nocona boy’s basketball team all-district selections have been released.
The Jackrabbits and Indians had a few players named to some of the teams and one given an individual honor.
Bowie’s Brody Armstrong was named the district’s newcomer of the year. The sophomore provided a scoring spark off the bench for the Jackrabbits during most the season until he worked himself into the starting lineup to end the year.
First team all-district selections went to Bowie’s Cade Thompson and Nocona’s Landry McCasland.
Both led their teams in scoring most nights from the guard position. Thompson used his quickness and shot making to score in bunches in short time while McCasland used his craft and toughness to get to the rim at will.
The Indians had two more of their guards Adam Meekins and Lyndon Fenoglio named to the district’s second team. Fenoglio provided another dynamic ball hander for Nocona while Meekins shooting from 3-point range was a big weapon for the team.
Bowie named starters Drew Weber and A.J. Whatley to its honorable mention team. Weber’s length in the post and shooting from outside was a valuable tool for the Jackrabbits. The lightning quick Whatley started at point guard and proved tough to contain for opponents.
The Indians named post players Sam Davis and Ryder Oswald along with wing Brady McCasland to their honorable mention team.
Davis provided good rim protection and some shooting touch from outside along with Oswald who formed a two towers starting lineup for Nocona for most of district.
When the team started to go small later in the season McCasland got the nod to start as another player who could score from the perimeter driving to the rim.
Bowie had seven players named academic all-district that included Drew Weber, Bayler Swint, Cade Thompson, Logan Hutson, Riley Blackburn, Ryder Richey and Brae Ogle.
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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