SPORTS
Nocona boys blow out Graham 67-24
The Nocona Indians basketball team traveled to Graham on Saturday to take on the Steers.
The Indians smacked Graham 67-24 in the first dominating win for Nocona in its challenging start to the season.
The Indians started the game well and never looked back. The team made three 3-pointers in the first quarter and had six different players score points. Nocona’s defense also limited the Steers as the team struggled get any rhythm going or shoot well from outside.
The Indians led 19-8 after the first quarter.
The second quarter was more of the same. Nocona made five 3-pointers and spread the ball around. Graham’s offense had even more trouble, scoring only four points as the lead at halftime grew to 38-12.
It was a slow third quarter with neither team scoring much. The Indians went cold from 3-point range and only scored seven points.
Nocona was propped up for its continued stingy play on the defensive end as it limited the Steers to a game low three points during the quarter. The Indians still had a big lead 45-15 heading into the fourth quarter.
Nocona’s offense started to find its groove again. The Indians made four 3-pointers and scored a game high 22 points in the final period.
Ty Presley and Brady McCasland combined to score 14 of the team’s points in the quarter to end the game on a high note.
The defense barely kept the Steers from scoring in double-digits to keep the streak going for the whole game as Graham scored nine points in the final quarter. The final score was 67-24.
Five players scored in double-figures for the Indians. Lyndon Fenoglio led the team with 13 points. Adam Meekins and McCasland each scored 11 points. Michael Wetmore and Presley each scored 10 points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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