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Bowie volleyball beats Nocona 3-1

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits hosted Nocona and beat the Lady Indians at home in a rivalry game that always has playoff implications.
The Lady Rabbits won in four sets against Nocona, with two of the set wins being in controlling fashion.
Bowie came into the match following wins against City View and Jacksboro after losing the opening district game at Henrietta.
The Lady Indians were coming off a tough loss at state-ranked Holliday after start starting district with two wins against City View and Breckenridge.
The match started off pretty competitively with the teams going back forth. Bowie had a two-point lead during the middle of the set until it improved its lead from 16-14 to 20-15.
The Lady Indians tried to make up the difference by outscoring the Lady Rabbits the rest of the way, but Bowie closed out the set 25-22 to go up 1-0.
The second set was all the Lady Rabbits. Bowie was in control and ended the set by winning with a comfortable margin of victory 25-16 to go up 2-0.
Nocona was not just going to sit back and be beaten in straight sets. The third set was more like the first set in how competitive it was.
This time it was the Lady Indians who were in control of the tight set and were able to close it out well to win 25-22 to extend the match and leave the hope open for a comeback.
The fourth set saw Bowie dominate again though as it built a lead and never relented as it closed out the set and the match strong with the score 25-15, 3-1.

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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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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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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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.

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