SPORTS
The area has two athletes qualify for state track meet
The regional track meets wrapped up Saturday, with the area 3A schools competing at Abilene Christian University and the area 1A schools competing at Whitney High School.
Prairie Valley’s Mason Allen and Bellevue’s Sky-Lar Embry qualified for the state meet, with Allen winning the boy’s high jump and Embry finishing second in the girl’s 100 meter race.
Allen won the event by jumping 6 feet, four inches higher than second place. His Coach Seth Stephens was excited for him.
“We knew going in that he had a shot to win, but when it actually happened we were super excited about it,” Stephens said. “It took him a while to get going this year in track, partly due to our abbreviated season, but I feel like he really hit his stride after district and he has continued improving since then.”
Embry improved her time from 13.85 seconds in the prelims to 13.71 seconds in the finals to earn second place in the 100 meter race.
While she missed out qualifying in the 200 meters with a fourth place finish, her coach John McGee was proud Embry has one more chance to represent Bellevue.
“There are no words to express the fight and heart that Sky-Lar Embry has and the natural ability to compete on any stage,” McGee said. “I believe this is huge for the whole community of Bellevue and it shines a spotlight on this community and brings recognition to Bellevue ISD.”
Saint Jo had a couple of athletes barley miss the cut with third place finishes. Logan Brawner finished third in the 200 meters and long jump. Collin Thomas finished third in the 800 meters.
Other 1A area athletes who finished among the top six in their event and scored their team points included: Saint Jo’s Noble Koelzer in the 400 meters, Gold-Burg’s Will Hodges in the 110 meter and 300 meter hurdles, Saint Jo’s Dawson Everson in the pole vault, Saint Jo’s Brawner in the triple and the Saint Jo boy’s 4×400 relay team.
For the 3A schools Nocona and Bowie, just getting through prelims was an accomplishment.
The Indians Trent Sappington made it to the 400 meter finals and finished fifth, the highest place for either school.
The Lady Indians Allie Brown’s seventh place finish in the 3200 meters was the second highest.
The Lady Rabbits highest finisher was Jayci Logan placing ninth in the 200 meters in the prelims.
The state meet is scheduled for May 6-8 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.
Allen is scheduled to compete at 11:30 a.m. on May 8. Embry is scheduled to run at 6:05 p.m. on May 8.
Results for all area school competitors are listed 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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