SPORTS
Tennis athletes compete at state
Montague County athletes competed at the state tennis tournament on Thursday at the Blossom Tennis Center in San Antonio.
The five athletes from Gold-Burg, Prairie Valley and Saint Jo lost their first round matchups, but still broke a several year streak for Montague County just qualifying in the first place.
The girl’s doubles team of Kelly Contreras and Shadie Whitaker from Gold-Burg hoped to pull some more magic.
Coming into the regional tournament as a two seed and matched up against other district champions throughout, they proved doubters wrong by not just qualifying for state, but becoming regional champions.
Unfortunately, that magic was not in the cards at the state meet. The duo lost the first set 6-1, but were more competitive in the second set. It was not enough as they lost 6-3 and were eliminated from the tournament.
For Saint Jo, Jacqueline Hanna was the only singles player from the county to qualify.
Singles players who make it to the state level often have several years of experience outside of school to draw upon which makes it tough for any aspiring player.
Hanna was competitive in her opening match in both sets, but lost both by the score of 6-3.
From Prairie Valley the mixed doubles team of Isaac Yeargin and Veronica Gutierrez qualified as well.
Many schools employ the strategy of pairing their best boy and girls players together in the hopes they can qualify for state if they mesh well.
It worked for this pair, but it came to an end in their first round matchup. They lost both sets 6-0 to get knocked from the series.
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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