SPORTS
All-state lists announced
Some all-state honors and academic honors have been given out for athletes who participated in fall sports.
Several athletes were named to all-state teams for their play on the field while many more were honored for their work in the classroom.
In volleyball, the Texas Girls Coaching Association named Bowie’s Taygon Jones and Prairie Valley’s Emily Carpenter to the all-state team.
In cross country the TGCA named Prairie Valley’s Linzie Priddy to the all-state team.
In football, the Six-man Association named several players from Saint Jo and Gold-Burg to its teams.
The Panthers had Logan Brawner named to the division I first team while Jace Johnson was named to the second team.
Trevor Conner, Payton Harris and Jonathan Diaz were named to the honorable mention team.
The Bears had Aidan Foster and brothers Kani and Jayon Grace named to the division II honorable mention team.
Academic all-state honors were given by the Texas High School Coaches Association as well as the TGCA.
The TGCA criteria says they must be seniors and must have a grade point average of 94 or above to qualify.
From Bowie Halle Duvall and Jones were named to the list in volleyball.
From Prairie Valley, Randi Gilleland, Veronica Gutierrez and Carpenter were named academic all-state in both volleyball and cross country. From Nocona, Natalie Pirkey was named academic all-state in cross country.
For the THSCA, the criteria is an athlete must be a senior, have a GPA of 92 above and good moral character.
The athletes class rank as well as SAT and/or ACT scores are also considered as well. Athletes can be named in the elite team, first team, second team and honorable mention by how high their scores are.
From Bowie, football players Colby Miller and Jacob Fallis were named to the second and honorable mention team. Cross country runners Anahi Perez and Ignacio Saucedo were named to the second team.
From Nocona, football player Trey Pepper was named to the prestigious elite team that requires almost perfect scores. Teammate Charlie Hilton was named to the second team.
Nocona cross country runner Allesandro Rico was named to the second team while teammates Adam Meekins, Allie Brown, Raylee Sparkman as well as Pirkey again were named to the honorable mention team.
In volleyball, Karlee Brown, Rosio Perez and Pirkey were named to the honorable mention team.
The full lists can be found at each organizations web sites. If an all-state or academic all-state list was missed email [email protected].
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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