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Lady Rabbit volleyball gets challenged at first tournament
The Bowie Lady Rabbits got their first extended test in their first tournament of the season playing at the East View Tournament in Georgetown last weekend.
Playing seven games overall, the Lady Rabbits went 3-4 during the three-day stretch.
The Lady Rabbits first played 5A Hendrickson on Thursday morning. The Lady Hawks made quick work of Bowie winning both sets with scores 25-14 and 25-10.
The Lady Rabbits were able to bounce back a few hours later when they played against 4A Lake Belton,
Bowie won two close sets by the narrowest of margins 25-23 to win the match.
The Lady Rabbits closed out the day with a game at noon against 5A Lockhart.
Fresh off a good win against the Lady Broncos, Bowie easily won both sets against the Lady Lions with scores being 25-14 and 25-15.
The next day proved to be tougher overall for the Lady Rabbits. First playing 5A Leander in the morning, the Lady Lions won in straight sets with scores being 25-18 and 25-16.
It did not get easier as Bowie next played 6A Vista Ridge. The Lady Rangers won both sets with scores being 25-15 and 25-17.
The Lady Rabbits closed out the rough day playing 4A Salado. The Lady Eagles won both sets by the score of 25-16 and 25-15 to end Friday on a sour note.
Starting the last day of the tournament, Bowie wanted to compete better than it had the second day. The team was matched up against 6A Copperas Cove. Despite playing against a much bigger team, the Lady Rabbits had their chances to win either set in the match.
Unfortunately, the Lady Bulldawgs eked out wins by the narrowest margins 25-23 in both sets to win the match.
With one more game left and several losses in a row now, Bowie wanted to go home with something positive after its first day.
The team played 5A Cleburne to end the tournament and despite playing a school two classifications bigger, the Lady Rabbits took it to the Lady Yellowjackets. Bowie won in both sets by the score of 25-17 to pick up a win before heading home.
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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