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Nocona
The Nocona Indians got back on track with a win against Breckenridge at home on Tuesday night.
The Indians won a low-scoring game 38-30 against the Bucks.
In the first quarter, Breckenridge was able to make three 3-pointers playing off its big post presence to take a 13-8 lead. Only a couple of 3-pointers from Nocona’s Adam Meekins kept the Indians close.
The second quarter saw both teams go cold on offense. Nocona only scored four points, but thanks to its defense it allowed only two points from the Bucks. Breckenridge still went into halftime with the lead 15-12.
Breckenridge still held a little lead 26-23 heading into the fourth quarter, but Nocona was in striking distance to steal the game.
Nocona got two more 3-pointers from Meekins, post player Sam Davis scoring five points and Lyndon Fenoglio making four free throws to get the lead. Thanks to some lockdown defense, the Indians held Breckenridge to only four points to get the win 38-30.
Meekins led the team with 15 points on five 3-pointers while Fenoglio was second with 10 points.

Saint Jo vs Prairie Valley
The Saint Jo Panthers were able to get an impressive win against Prairie Valley on Tuesday night at home.
The Panthers pulled away in the fourth quarter to make the final score 56-36 worse than the game was for the first three quarter.
The Bulldogs were playing catch up from the start as Saint Jo kicked out of its shooting slump this game, but Prairie Valley kept coming back.
Every time the Bulldogs got close, the Panthers had an answer. Saint Jo led 27-18 at halftime, but Prairie Valley cut the lead down to 37-32 with a few minutes before the fourth quarter.
The Panthers finished the game on a tear 19-4 run to make the final score 56-36.
For Saint Jo, Brice Durham led the team with 19 points while Kile Thurman was not far behind with 18 points. Logan Brawner was a beast on the boards as he grabbed 17 rebounds.
For Prairie Valley, Tyler Winkler and Konner Ritchei each scored 12 points to lead the team. Ritchie grabbed a team high eight rebounds as well.

Bellevue vs Forestburg
The Bellevue Eagles beat Forestburg at home on Tuesday night.
The Eagles won 48-26 against a Longhorn team that was missing some starters for the game.
Bellevue led for all of the game, leading 17-7 after the first quarter and 29-12 at halftime.
Jesus Sanchez led the Longhorns with 14 points while Braxton Osteen was second with nine points.
Forestburg Coach Eldon Van Hooser thought his team played better despite missing some players, but knows his team still has a long way to go.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears lost a tough one against Slidell at home on Tuesday night.
The Greyhounds won 82-29 against a Bears team.
Despite the score, Coach Jessie Vaughn thought his team did all it could on defense making Slidell work for its baskets while doing what he asked on offense as well.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Nocona new press box put into place

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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.

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Richey repeats at IFYR

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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.

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Youth rodeo awards presented

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The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo presented awards for its summer season this week. Tess Egenbacher won the top cowgirl buckle for the 13-18 age division, which was presented to her by Kyle Bishop. (Courtesy photo)

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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