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County has five kids qualify for state

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3 years ago

05/01/2021

Montague County teams competed at regional tennis tournaments on Monday and Tuesday and several players broke through this year.
Five players from 1A schools ended up finishing among the top two in their brackets to qualify for the state meet.
The girl’s doubles team of Kelly Contreras and Shadie Whitaker from Gold-Burg won the region, winning the finals in straight sets. The mixed doubles team of Veronica Gutierrez and Isaac Yeargin from Prairie Valley and girls singles player Jacqueline Hanna from Saint Jo both earned second to advance.
Contreras and Whitaker came into the tournament after earning second place at the district meet. This meant the team had to play other district champions the whole tournament. Despite the odds being stacked against them, the duo dropped only one set all tournament in their second match against a team from Lingleville.
“Kelly was attacking the net and Shadie was playing back,” Coach Cheryl Cromleigh said. “Their serves were clicking and they were hitting beautiful passing shots. We have been working the last two weeks on net strategy, switching and all that and it paid off.”
The pair are the first Gold-Burg tennis players to advance to state since at least the 1980s according Cromleigh.
It has also been a long time for a Prairie Valley tennis player to advance to state (1995) as Yeargin and Gutierrez break that streak. The team lost to fellow district team Midway in the championship game.
The duo were then forced to play a team from Gustine for a chance to go to state.
It took three sets, but the pair closed out the third set in convincing fashion 6-2 to finish second overall.
Coach Stephanie West was proud of the mixed doubles team.
“Words can not describe how proud I am of Isaac and Veronica for qualifying for the state tennis meet,” West said. “Isaac and Veronica put in the extra practice despite their busy schedules and worked hard to earn the chance to qualify for state.”
Hanna finished second in girls singles as Coach Charlie Hamilton was ecstatic for her.
“I am beyond excited for Jacqueline, she has worked very hard for years to get to this point,” Hamilton said. “She is determined and has a good mind set heading to the state tournament.”

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Nocona new press box put into place

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3 days ago

07/20/2024

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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.

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Richey repeats at IFYR

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3 days ago

07/20/2024

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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.

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Youth rodeo awards presented

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3 days ago

07/20/2024

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The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo presented awards for its summer season this week. Tess Egenbacher won the top cowgirl buckle for the 13-18 age division, which was presented to her by Kyle Bishop. (Courtesy photo)

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.