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Richey trades in basketball for pom poms
Bowie 2020 graduate Brysen Richey thought her days in athletics were over once the high school track season was officially canceled last year due to COVID-19.
The pint sized girl with big hair did get to finish both her cross country season and her final basketball season, where she helped the team reach the regional quarterfinals as its point guard.
Richey had mostly stuck to those types of activities after the age of 11 years old.
It is surprising to some then to see Richey as part of the Tarleton State University cheer squad this year. She helped the squad finish second in the advanced small co-ed open division at the National cheer association collegiate cheer and championship at Dayton, FL on April 10. The squad also finished second in the spirit rally and fifth in game day divisions.
Despite not cheering in junior high or high school, aside from the student section, Richey did have some background in cheerleading. She did gymnastics from the age of 2-11 and did some competitive cheerleading until the age of 10.
It was her mom, Nicki, who had the idea for her daughter to give the sport a try heading into college.
“I never really thought about it until she said something to me,” Richey said. “So we called my old tumbling coach because he lives in Wichita. We went up there one day just to mess around and see if I could still do everything I used to. So I thought, yeah, I’ll try out.”
When her friends found out she had not just tried out but made the cheerleading squad at Tarleton State, she said several were surprised.
“Whenever people think of cheerleaders, I think high school cheer and college cheer, it’s a lot different,” Richey said. “All they know is high school cheer, so whenever they knew I tried out they were really surprised.”
While the tumbling had come back to her easily, it was all of the stunts that as a flyer who gets lifted up by her teammates, was a learning curve for her.
“I’d never stunted on the level that they’re on, so I had to learn a lot,” Richey said.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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