SPORTS
Nocona softball loses
The Nocona softball team lost to Henrietta on Friday and a non-district game against Lindsay on Saturday.
The Lady Indians lost 8-2 against the Lady Cats and 17-10 against the Lady Knights.
Henrietta scored runs in the second, third and fifth inning and was up 8-0.
Jenna McBride led off for Nocona in the fifth inning, getting on base thanks to an error at second base.
After a strike out, Laci Stone then hit a triple to drive her in. This followed by Kamryn Weaver hitting a single to drive in Stone, making the score 8-2.
That would be the end of the scoring. The next two batters would strike out and the game ended.
Nocona would then play Lindsay at home on Saturday. The Lady Indians struck first as Stone induced an error at third base that allowed Katy Barrett to score and take a 1-0 lead.
The Lady Knights would answer in the second inning as a solo home run and an RBI single allowed them to take the lead 2-1.
Nocona’s Tobi Cable hit her own solo home run to lead off the bottom of the second inning to tie the score 2-2.
Lindsay added two runs in the third inning thanks to an error and a sacrifice fly ball to lead 4-2. Cable would drive in a run on a double to cut the lead to 4-3.
In the fourth inning the Lady Indians would take the lead back. Barrett scored on a passed ball and Laney Yates would drive in Stone on a single to make the score 5-4.
Unfortunately, the fifth inning would be where the game turned. The Lady Knights scored nine runs as they took back the lead in a big way up 13-5.
The teams would exchange one run in the sixth inng with Nocona’s Natalie Pirkey scoring on a passed ball to make it 14-6.
Lindsay added three runs in the seventh inning setting its margin for victory high up 17-6 with the Lady Indians final at-bats.
With the bases loaded Paige James drew a walk that scored Cobi Womack. Yates grounded into a fielder’s choice for another run.
Cable drew a walk that scored Pirkey. An error by the pitcher allowed Yates to score, cutting the lead to 17-10.
Unfortunately, that is as close Nocona would get. The next batter grounded out to second base to end the game.
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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