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Prairie Valley vs Gold-Burg
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs close win on Tuesday against Gold-Burg forced a play-in game for the last playoff spot.
The Lady Bulldogs won 43-42 to force the play-in game on Friday.
The Lady Bears were coming off a good win against Forestburg 47-28 from the previous night while Prairie Valley had a couple of days rest.
Gold-Burg came out of the game shooting well against the Lady Bulldogs 1-3-1 zone, making four 3-pointers in the first quarter and leading 16-11. Prairie Valley slowly came back and took the lead in the final moments 25-24 before heading into halftime.
It was a low scoring third quarter as Gold-Burg switched a bit to man-to-man while Prairie Valley made a concerted effort to not give up open 3-point shots the Lady Bears were making in the first half. The Lady Bulldogs led 33-29 heading into the fourth quarter.
It went back and forth in the final three minutes of the game after most of the fourth quarter saw neither team have much offensive success.
There were four lead changes until Prairie Valley led Gold-Burg 43-42 with 1:14 left to play. The Lady Bears had three different trips to the free throw line that could have either tied the score or taken the lead, but missed them.
Prairie Valley had possession with 24 seconds left and was able to avoid getting fouled or turning the ball over to dribble out the win.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns lost their final two regular season games on Monday and Tuesday to Gold-Burg and Saint Jo.
The Lady Bears won 47-28 and the Lady Panthers won 40-26.
Against Gold-Burg, Braylee Briles led the team with eight points and Reagan Ladewig grabbed 13 rebounds.
Coach Cori Hayes said the story of the game saw his team send the Lady Bears to the free throw line too much while Forestburg did not take advantage of its opportunities at the line or close to the basket.
The one against Saint Jo was closer than the final score. The Lady Horns were down eight at halftime, but played well enough to tie the score at one point. Unfortunately for Forestburg, its offense went cold and Saint Jo was able to close out the game well.
Faith Moore led the team with 12 points while Ladewig grabbed 10 rebounds. Hayes said it was the best effort his team has shown all season as it comes to an end.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles won their final game of the season at home on Monday at Saint Jo.
The Lady Eagles won 55-48 against the Lady Panthers.
Bellevue went into halftime actually down one point, but came out scoring better in the second half.
At one point the Lady Eagles led by as much as 12 points.
Austin Ford led the team way with 35 points while Callie Martin and Cirstin Allen each added 10 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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