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Both Bowie teams win on senior night
Both Bowie basketball teams celebrated senior night on Tuesday with one-sided district wins against Jacksboro.
The Jackrabbits won 54-25 while the Lady Rabbits won 48-36 in games both teams were expected to win.
Both Bowie teams were coming into the games after similar wins at Breckenridge. With both of them trying to improve their playoff seeds, neither could afford to lose.
The Bowie girls played first and Coach Matthew Miller said afterwards it was not the team’s best performance despite getting the win.
The biggest thing for the Lady Rabbits was trying not to let the Lady Tigers big post player Erin Jonas hurt them too much. Besides her scoring four points in the second half, they did just that.
Bowie was able to make a couple of 3-pointers against Jacksboro’s zone in the first quarter to build a 12-5 lead. The Lady Tigers were able to cut into the lead a bit by making a two 3-pointers of their own in the second quarter, outscoring Bowie 10-7 to cut the Lady Rabbits lead to 19-15 at halftime.
Bowie came out in the second half ready to attack.
After drawing only four free throws in the first half, the Lady Rabbits went on to draw 22 in the second half. Unlike some recent games, Bowie was making a good percentage of them this night.
The Lady Rabbits almost doubled their first half total in the third quarter which allowed them to build a double-digit lead 35-23. The fourth quarter saw both teams score 13 points as Bowie was able to close out the game winning 48-36.
Taygon Jones led the team with 18 points, with 12 coming at the free throw line. Maddie Mandela also scored in double-figures finishing with 13 points while grabbing a team high six rebounds.
Overall, the team went 19-26 from the free throw line, which is a good sign to see from this team.
The boy’s game saw the team dominate with defense throughout as Bowie held the Tigers under 10 points every quarter until the fourth quarter.
Coach Andy Atkins was able to start his five seniors at the beginning of the game without much to worry about.
The Jackrabbits got out to a 13-7 in the first quarter, but after that the team turned up the heat on defense.
Jacksboro scored only five points the next two quarters as Bowie’s lead continued to grow as the team went on.
With the Jackrabbits up 41-12 heading into the fourth quarter, Bowie was able to play even the rest of the way to win the game 54-25.
A.J. Whatley led the team with 14 points while making four 3-pointers. Tucker Jones was right behind him as he scored 13 points off the bench.
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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