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Montague County runners compete

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3 years ago

09/22/2021

Both cross country teams from Nocona finished first at a meet in Wichita Falls on Thursday while teams from Bowie and Saint Jo did well racing at Ponder on Friday.
The Indian teams both ran in the smaller races or with some of the bigger area schools’ JV teams.
The Lady Indians were led by Allie Brown who finished first overall with a time of 12:44. The top five runners also included Graci Brown (11), Jayce Rose (13), Raylee Sparkman (14) and Melissa Segura (16).
The Nocona boy’s team had Ivan Vera lead the team, finishing third overall with a time of 19:34. The top five runners for the Indians also included Freddy Duran (6), Alex Stephens (7), Frank Espinoza (8) and Claudio Segura (10).
Coach Colby Schniederjan liked how his athletes ran.
“I was very proud of the boys today,” Schniederjan said. “We finally ran smart. Our conditioning is getting better and strategy played strongly into our race today. Great overall job by our team.”
Prairie Valley runners also competed at the meet. To see those results pick up the Sept. 18 paper.
At Ponder on Friday the Jackrabbit boy’s team finished fifth overall. Nathan Rogers finished first for Bowie in 13th place with a time of 19:22.
The top five runners for the Jackrabbits also include Sebastian Martinez (23), Ignacio Saucedo (31), James Allison (53) and Alex Castro (59).
The Lady Rabbits team finished 11th and were led by Samantha Clarke, who finished 16th with a time of 14:24. The top five runners for Bowie also included Jojo Villarreal (57), Hadley Morris (65), Laisha Johnson (67) and Kaylee Johnson (77).
Coach Andy Atkins thought his team ran well on a tough course.
“We had a couple of runners run a bit stronger than they previously had and hopefully that’s a step in the right direction for them,” Atkins said. “Sebastian Martinez and Jojo Villarreal ran well for their respective races. Through this stretch of the season we really need to buckle down and train hard while keeping our bodies as healthy as possible.”
Saint Jo also ran at Ponder. The boy’s team finished eighth overall despite running against mostly bigger schools.
Collin Thomas finished first for the Panthers in seventh place with a time of 18:37. The top five runners also included Joshua Vogel (38), Kile Thurman (46), Jayden Curry (61) and Brice Durham (84).
On the girls side, Aubrey Morman ran alone and finished 69th with a time of 16:59.
Coach Lyndon Cook liked how several runners did and hopes his team can keep it going.
“Collin Thomas keeps racking up top 10 finishes and is getting into a nice rhythm, while I was really enthusiastic about how Josh Vogel improved his time and how Kile Thurman looked in his first race back from injury,” Cook said. “If we can keep improving as a group we will be in a very promising position come district.”
Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are all next scheduled to run at Alvord on Sept. 22.

To see results for all high school runners from these schools, 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.