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Basketball roundup
Gold-Burg vs Prairie Valley girls
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears won against Prairie Valley at home on Friday night.
The Lady Bears won the low scoring affair 35-27 against the Lady Bulldogs.
Gold-Burg held a small 12-9 lead at halftime as every point mattered in the defensive battle.
The second half saw both teams score better, but it was the Lady Bears who did it the best. The team more than doubled its first half total in the third quarter scoring as Shadie Whitaker scored all of her game high 13 points. This put Gold-Burg up 27-16 heading into the fourth quarter.
Prairie Valley tried to come back, outscoring the Lady Bears in the fourth quarter with renewed urgency.
Unfortunately, too many missed free throws in the final period could not get the Lady Bulldogs within range to try and come back.
Gold-Burg won 35-27.
Besides Whitaker’s one quarter explosion, Sadie Weaver and Kelly Contreras each scored six points for the Lady Bears.
For Prairie Valley, Carmen Gomez led the team with eight points and Emily Carpenter was second with six points.
Gold-Burg vs Prairie Valley boys
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs won big at Gold-Burg on Friday night 72-38.
Prairie Valley shook off two losses against likely playoff teams Slidell and Midway to take it to a scrappy Gold-Burg team.
The Bulldogs were led by Tyler Winkler who scored 28 points and had six steals. Eli Croxton scored 19 points and Konner Ritchie joined them in double figures scoring 12 points while nearly getting a double-double grabbing nine rebounds.
For Gold-Burg Coach Jessie Vaughn, he liked how his team played after the first quarter.
Saint Jo vs Forestburg boys
The Saint Jo Panthers won against Forestburg at home on Friday night.
The Panthers won 60-35 against the young Longhorns team.
The first quarter started out close as Saint Jo only led 10-8. The Panthers then exploded for 21 points in the second quarter and Forestburg could not keep up.
The Longhorns responded in the third quarter, outscoring Saint Jo and cutting the lead to single-digits 43-34 heading into the final period. Unfortunately for Forestburg, the Panthers closed the game strong, nearly shutting the Longhorns out in the fourth quarter.
For Saint Jo, Kile Thurman led the team with 26 points while Brice Durham joined him in double-figures scoring 10 points and grabbing six steals.
For Forestburg, Braxton Osteen led the team with 24 points and 12 rebounds.
On defense Kyler Willett led the team with three blocks and Jesus Sanchez collected three steals.
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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