SPORTS
Girls Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians were able to start off the second round of district play with a win at home against Breckenridge.
The Lady Indians scored less than they usually do, but were still able to win with little drama against the Lady Bucks 43-27.
The Lady Indians were hoping to have a better performance this time around against Breckenridge. Despite winning the first match-up, Nocona Coach Kyle Spitzer felt his team played into the Lady Bucks pace and style too much which allowed the game to stay close.
It still took time to get used to Breckenridges defense in the first quarter as the Lady Indians scored only nine points. Thankfully, Nocona’s defense made sure the Lady Bucks never got control of the game.
The Lady Indians sped things up in the second and third quarter, scoring 32 points during that time while only allowing 12, to run away with the game.
Nocona was able to withstand scoring only one basket in the fourth quarter as it won 43-27.
Megyn Meekins led the team with 13 points while Karlee Brown joined her in double-figures scoring 11 points.
Bellevue vs Forestburg
The Bellevue Lady Eagles barely held on to win against Forestburg on Tuesday night.
The Lady Eagles won 33-31 as they held off a furios Lady Horn comeback attempt in the fourth quarter.
Bellevue was able to build a little bit of a lead in the second and third quarters, leading 27-18 heading into the final period.
Forestburg almost doubled its offensive output in the fourth quarter, scoring 13 points to come within one basket of the Lady Eagles. Bellevue did just enough to win.
Callie Martin led the Lady Eagles with 12 points while Cirstin Allen joined her in double-figures with 10 points.
For Forestburg, Faith Moore led the team with 18 points and six 3-pointers. Reagan Ladewign scored eight points while leading the team with 10 rebounds.
Prairie Valley vs Saint Jo
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs were able to win a low-scoring war at Saint Jo on Tuesday night.
The Lady Bulldogs won 25-16 against the Lady Panthers in a game both needed to win.
Prairie Valley was led by Karagan Ritchie who scored 11 points, including three at a crucial time that changed the momentum of the game.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter knows the win keeps her team within range of the playoff picture.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears hung with Slidell at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Greyhounds ended up winning 49-38, but the Lady Bears competed better than most teams have in district this season.
With the Slidell program winning the district title for most of the last decade, Gold-Burg competed well.
The Lady Bears trailed only 16-13 after the first quarter and 25-19 at halftime. The Lady Greyhounds lead slowly got bigger as the game went on, but Gold-Burg never let the score get out of hand like it has in the past.
In the end, an 11-point loss to a program that is used to finishing atop the district standings every year pretty easily is a good indication for what this Lady Bears team is capable of.
Kelly Contreras led the team with 14 points while Shadie Whitaker was second with eight points.
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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