SPORTS
Track results from last week
Bowie
The Bowie track teams hosted the Jackrabbit Invitational on Thursday and saw some success against competitors from four different schools.
The Lady Rabbits finished first as a team while the Jackrabbits finished fourth overall.
The Bowie girls had four win their event and two relay teams finish first as well.
Laisha Johnson not only won the 400 meter race, but also won the long jump. Jayci Logan won the 200 meter race, Samantha Clarke won the 800 meter race and Anahi Perez won the 100 meter hurdles event.
The 4×200 meter and 4×400 meter relay teams also finished first to overall.
The Bowie boys did not have anyone win their event as the team is still rounding out its team with the district meet closing in.
Both teams are scheduled to compete at Henrietta on March 31 in their final competition before district, which is scheduled to be April 5 and April 8 at City View.
Forestburg
The Forestburg track teams competed at Chillicothe on Friday and competed well overall despite the small numbers.
The Lady Horns finished fourth and the Longhorns team finished fifth out of eight schools competing.
The standout was Reagan Ladewig, who won both the shot put, triple jump and 100 meter hurdles events while finishing second in both the 200 meter and long jump events.
On the boy’s side James Stokes was the only individual who finished first in his event, winning the 200 meter race.
The teams hope to do well with the district meet scheduled for April 1 at Bowie High School.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley track teams competed at Olney on Thursday and did well overall despite many athletes competing in academic district meet earlier that day.
The Lady Bulldogs finished fourth overall and the Bulldogs team finished fifth overall out of six schools competing.
Top indivudal performances included Mason Allen winning the high jump for the boy’s team. Eli Croxton finished second in both the 1600 and 3200 meter races.
On the girls side, Hailey Winkler finished second in the triple jump and third in the long jump. The 4×200 meter relay would finish second overall as well.
The teams hope to compete well this week in the district meet. It is scheduled for April 1 at Bowie High School.
Results for all varsity athletes from Bowie, Forestburg and Prairie Valley who finished among the top six in their event are in 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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