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Bowie, Nocona play in Buckle Up for Lane tournament

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3 years ago

09/01/2021

Bowie took part in Nocona’s hosted Buckle Up for Lane Tournament last weekend and both teams did well enough to make it into the gold bracket on Saturday.
The Lady Rabbits had a chance to play for third place, but came up short while the Lady Indians went into the consolation bracket.
In pool play, Bowie’s group was one team short compared to everyone else. The Lady Rabbits won a tough three-set match against Windthorst to start the tournament, but would next lose a three-set match to Lindsay. The Lady Rabbits then beat district opponent City View easily enough to finish pool play.
With the top three teams in the pool (Bowie, Windthorst, Lindsay) all losing matches against one another, it came down to defensive points to decide which two would go on to the gold bracket. The Lady Rabbits finished four points better than Lindsay to earn the final spot in their pool.
Nocona started pool play with easy straight set wins against Bryson and Valley View. The Lady Indians lost a tough three-set match against Archer City before rebounding to beat Jacksboro easily to earn a spot in the gold bracket as well.
Bowie’s first match in bracket play was against a team it has seen a lot of in the first month of the season Alvord. The Lady Rabbits won easily in straight sets to move on.
Nocona was not so lucky as the team played Windthorst. The Lady Indians lost both sets by narrow margins to the Lady Trojans to be sent to the consolation side of the bracket.
Bowie next played district foe Henrietta and lost both sets to fall short of the championship match. The Lady Rabbits did play one more match for third place in a rematch against fellow pool team Windthorst.
Unlike the first match however, the Lady Trojans came out on top this time, winning in straight sets that were both close as Bowie finished fourth overall.
Nocona played Ponder in the consolation side. It went to three sets as each one could have gone either way. In the end it was the Lady Lions who came out on top in a close third set, giving them a ticket to play for the consolation championship while the Lady Indians tournament was over.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Nocona new press box put into place

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2 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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2 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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2 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.