SPORTS
Nocona girls win two games
The Nocona Lady Indians won both of their games on Monday and Tuesday to go into the holiday break.
The Lady Indians won at Graham 57-48 before beating Vernon at home by a lot 70-30.
Nocona’s game against the Lady Blues did not start well. Graham’s offense scored at will and led 19-11 after the first quarter.
Nocona limited the Lady Blues to only four points in the second quarter. This allowed the Lady Indians to come make up the margin and go into halftime with the score tied 23-23.
The third quarter was a blur of offense for both teams both teams combined to score 35 points during this time. Nocona got a big lift from Skyler Smith as she scored 10 of her game high 23 points in the quarter as the Lady Indians led 43-38 heading into the fourth quarter.
After the flurry that was the third quarter, the offensive pace was a crawl to finish the game. Nocona stalled when it could and forced the Lady Blues to send them to the free throw line.
Megyn Meekins, who finished with 16 points, scored six of the team’s eight points in the quarter. It was just enough as Nocona won 51-48.
A close win against a 4A program, especially coming back after not a good first quarter, is a promising sign for this Lady Indians team. Executing in a close game with the lead is a scenario many teams practice, but is hard to get right without tanking its momentum.
The next game at home against Vernon had none of the drama. The Lady Lions stayed in the game through the first quarter though Nocona led 14-11.
After that though, the Lady Indians turned up the screws on defense and the pace on offense. Nocona outscored Vernon 15-1 in the second quarter to build a big lead at halftime.
The Lady Lions failed to score more than nine points in either of the final quarters while the Lady Indians offense went into overdrive.
Nocona scored just short of 40 points in the second half as it ran away with the win.
Smith again led all scorers with 23 points. Stephanie Gutierrez (14) and Taylor Newmon (10) joined her in double-figures.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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.
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.
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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