SPORTS
Lady Indians lose against Rider 66-40
The Nocona Lady Indians faced a tough test on Tuesday at home playing state-ranked 5A Rider.
The bigger Lady Raiders pulled away in the second half on their way to a 66-40 win.
Rider was coming into the game following a first place finish at the Fantasy of Lights Tournament, led by athletic post player Jalynn Bristow who scored a school record 44 points and grabbed 29 rebounds in the title game.
The Lady Indians knew they had to close off the post and make passes to Bristow in the post as hard as possible. A help defender was always near and ready to pounce on either the pass or help contest on the shot.
Early in the game that was enough as the team limited her to nine points while no one else from the Lady Raiders were really looking to score much.
On the other end Nocona players were hesitant to go into the lane against Bristow. Rider was sitting back in a two-three zone and the Lady Indians elected to chuck open 3-pointers in the half court.
Only three went in all game which was more of a problem in the second half.
Nocona had more success scoring by pushing the ball in transition and trying to scramble and get offensive rebounds.
The Lady Raiders led only 22-16 going into halftime.
Early in the third quarter proved to be the end for the Lady Indians. Rider’s Steffanie Mock started taking and making open 3-pointers in bunches. She made four in the quarter and a school record six in the game. This opened things up inside for Bristow, who also started pushing the ball in transition herself for scoring opportunities. She finished with 21 points.
The low scoring game that was favoring Nocona since it was having trouble consistently scoring was now blown wide open.
A double-digit lead that was only growing bigger opened up as Rider scored 29 points in the third quarter. The Lady Raiders led 51-25 heading into the fourth quarter.
Nocona scored its most points in the final period playing to the final whistle. The team stopped being hesitant and attacked the rim both in the half court and in transition, getting to the free throw line 13 times during the quarter after drawing only six attempts in the first three quarters.
It wasn’t enough to make the final score close 66-40, but it was better than it was at certain points.
Stephanie Gutierrez was the only player who finished in double-figures scoring 13 points. Megyn Meekins and Skyler Smith were second scoring eight points each.
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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