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Bowie loses to state-ranked Holliday

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3 years ago

10/06/2021

The Bowie Lady Rabbits ended the first round of district play on Friday hosting district favorite and No. 4 state-ranked Holliday.
The Lady Eagles won in straight sets as the Lady Rabbits go into the second round in third place in the district rankings, but competed well despite the loss.
The first set did not go well for Bowie. Holliday established a big lead early 8-2 and the Lady Rabbits never recovered. The Lady Eagles showed why they are so well regarded as they won 25-14.
The second set saw Bowie play much better from the start as the teams went back and forth for the first 20 points. Holliday held a narrow 11-9 lead before starting to pull away.
The Lady Eagles established a five point lead 15-10 that stayed true after 10 points at 20-15.
It looked like Holliday was going to be able to coast to closing out the set, but the Lady Rabbits fought back.
Bowie clawed its way all the way back to within one point down 24-23. Unfortunately, the Lady Eagles were able to withstand the Lady Rabbits comeback and get the final point to win the set 25-23 to go up 2-0.
After getting so close to coming back from a five-point deficit, it was not surprising Bowie started the third set a bit down. Holliday established a 13-7 lead and looked like it was going to close out the match in similar style to the first set.
Down 18-12, the Lady Rabbits closed the distance to 19-16 to make it a bit more interesting. The Lady Eagles did not let Bowie get any closer as they closed out the set and match, winning 25-21.

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.