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Bowie boys open up district with blowout win
The Bowie Jackrabbits came out on New Year’s Day and blitzed Jacksboro to start off district play 1-0.
The Jackrabbits won 71-26 and never trailed against a Tigers team they easily overmatched.
Bowie was coming into the game following a tough win against Aubrey earlier in the week where the team could have shot the ball better.
There was not any of that in Saturday’s game. Despite the game being on a holiday on the road in the early afternoon, the Jackrabbits did not take long to get going.
Bowie brought out a full-court press with trapping elements, meaning the team had no choice but to play fast.
The Jackrabbits capitalized their opportunities to push the ball ahead in transition, forcing turnovers and taking good shots.
Bowie was up 12-3 midway through the first quarter and 22-5 at the end of it. Six different players had scored points and the team had made three 3-pointers.
Early on in the second quarter, with the Jackrabbits lead already at 31-5, Coach Andy Atkins called off the press since only both a major collapse from his team and a huge turnaround from the Tigers would change the outcome at that point.
Early on it was a game where Bowie had to fight the urge to start to coast even as all players who suited out got to play extended minutes.
One of those players was Bayler Swint, a starter for most of last year who has been out with a leg injury for most of this season.
With the Jackrabbits lead 41-10 at halftime, Swint saw his first extended action since the team’s first few games this season. Despite the hope from Atkins that he would take it easy to feel his way back onto the court, Swint was looking to score from the first minute he was on the court.
“Really he hasn’t even had a full practice yet, so it was good to see him getting into it,” Atkins said. “I told him when he went in, nothing crazy. First play he drives right down the lane and gets fouled.”
Swint finished with eight points which tied him for the third most points scored in the game.
Jacksboro scored in double-digits in the third quarter scoring 11 points, but again were limited to just five points in the fourth quarter as Bowie finished the game strong.
The Jackrabbits won 71-26.
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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