SPORTS
Lady Rabbits have rough weekend
The Bowie Lady Rabbits softball team played five games in three days to finish their first week of the season.
The team went 1-4 during this stretch, with two games played on Thursday and Saturday in the Sunrise Tournament.
The Lady Rabbits started with a game against Canadian. Bowie started off hot, scoring 11 runs in the opening inning.
The Lady Rabbits added five more in the third inning and were up 16-2 heading into the Lady Cats final at bats. Canadian then reeled off eight runs before Bowie put the game away, winning 16-10.
The Lady Rabbits then immediately had to play Muenster. While Bowie got a couple of runs to start the game, the Lady Hornets took the lead scoring six runs in the first inning to go up 6-2.
After both teams exchanged a scoreless second inning, Muenster added two more runs in the third inning to go up 8-2. Bowie made a late charge in the fourth inning, scoring four runs to make the final score close.
Unfortunately, the game ended after that due to time constraints and the Lady Rabbits lost 8-6 to close out the day.
Bowie then hosted Bridgeport on Friday in a non-tournament game. The Lady Rabbits took the lead first scoring four runs in the first inning.
The Sissies answered with five runs in the top of the second inning, but Bowie added two runs in both the second and third innings to go up 8-5.
Bridgeport would then score 10 runs in the final three innings to take the back the lead. The Lady Rabbits did not have the firepower to keep up scoring one run during this time as they lost 15-9.
Bowie went back to the tournament on Saturday and first played former district team Childress. The Lady Bobcats scored six runs in the first inning to take the lead.
The teams then exchanged scoreless second and third innings before the Lady Rabbits scored a run in the fourth inning. Bowie then scored two more runs in the top of the fifth inning to cut the lead to 6-3.
Childress then went on to score five runs in the fifth inning to extend its lead to 11-3 before the game was called due to time after the third out was called.
Following a short break the Lady Rabbits then played Vernon Northside to finish the tournament.
The Lady Indians scored five runs in the first two innings to take the lead. Bowie managed two runs in the third inning, but Northside added three more in the bottom of the inning to make up for it.
The Lady Rabbits batted one more time in the fourth inning before the game was called due to time with the Lady Indians winning 8-2.
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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