SPORTS
Nocona boys compete well
The Nocona baseball team did well playing three games in two days on Thursday and Friday.
The Indians went 2-1 in their final games before opening district play.
Nocona first played Perrin-Whitt on Thursday night. The Indians started the game strong scoring three runs in the first inning thanks to RBIs from Wesley Murphey, Carlos Castro and Ty Presley.
Nocona added one more in the second inning thanks to a Colton Russell single that extended the lead to 4-0. The Pirates came back scoring two runs in the third inning to cut the score to 4-2.
After that the Indians held on to win by that score after six innings.
Vinit Patel got the start on the mound struck out five batters and allowed two hits and no runs in three innings pitched.
Nocona then played Paradise in the early afternoon on Friday. Despite being only four innings, it was a high scoring game.
The Wildcats scored four runs in the second inning to take the lead. The Indians scored two runs in the same inning thanks to an RBI double from Castro and a drawn walk from Trey Pepper with the bases loaded.
Paradise continued to score runs adding two in the third and five in the fourth inning. It was a pace Nocona could not keep up with, though the Indians did score two more runs in the final inning on a Murphey double with the bases loaded. Nocona would lose 11-4.
The Indians would end Friday on a good note against Hirschi. The two teams exchanged one run each in the first inning, with Patel driving in Pepper on a single.
Nocona would then have a big second inning with a little help from the Huskies. The Indians scored seven runs in the inning thanks to five hits, four fielding errors from Hirschi and one hit batter.
Nocona’s lead was 8-1 after the second inning and was able to keep that score for the final five innings to win.
Patel, Russell, Murphey and Kooper Hansard each drove in a run each. Hansard got the start on the mound and struck out seven batters while giving up two hits and one run through five innings.
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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