SPORTS

Published

3 years ago

10/27/2021

The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs snagged the final playoff spot on Saturday with their win against Gold-Burg.
The Lady Bulldogs won 3-1 against a Lady Bears’ team hoping to keep their own chance of getting a playoff spot open with a win.
The first set saw Prairie Valley race out to an 8-2 lead, but Gold-Burg quickly rallied to cut the lead to one point 13-12. The Lady Bulldogs then went on another run, upping their lead to 21-14.
The Lady Bears closed the distance some, but Prairie Valley won the set 25-19.
The second set was much more competitive with the teams playing point-to-point for most of the set. With the score tied at 20-20, the Lady Bulldogs made their move, taking a 24-21 lead and had set point.
Gold-Burg fought back to not just tie the score at 24-24, but eventually win the set 26-24, tying the matching up at 1-1.
The Lady Bears were hoping they could carry that momentum into the third set, but Prairie Valley stonewalled them. The Lady Bulldogs got out to a big lead early and never looked back.
Prairie Valley’s biggest lead was 19-6 at one point before Gold-Burg scored some points late in the set to make it respectful 25-14.
The Lady Bears would need to win the final two sets if they wanted to win the match. They needed to shake off the bad taste from the third set and get focused for the fourth set.
The first 30 points saw the teams play competitively as it was point-to-point. Neither team was able to get much more than a one or two point lead here and there with the teams going back and forth.
With the scored tied at 15-15, the Lady Bulldogs saw their opening. Prairie Valley won four of the next five points to go up 19-16.
From there it was all the Lady Bulldogs, closing the match on a 6-2 run to win the set 25-18 and the match 3-1.

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

SPORTS

Nocona new press box put into place

Published

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.

SPORTS

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.