SPORTS
Mustangs win against Bowie
The Bowie Jackrabbits ran into the buzzsaw that is district leader City View at home on Tuesday night.
The Mustangs won 89-64 against the Jackrabbits, dashing away Bowie’s hopes at a district title unless it gets major help from other teams in the district.
The Jackrabbits came into the game as confident as they could looking to upset state-ranked City View. The last three district wins had been in dominant fashion with the team shooting well from 3-point range as well after a few tough games.
The Mustangs were undefeated in district play, winning by an average margin of 37 points.
The first time around, Bowie lost 74-50. Sitting in second place in the district standings and playing at home, this was the last shot the Jackrabbits would have to knock off City View.
The game started fast and furious. Both teams employed press defenses and were looking to push the ball at any chance it got.
City View’s bevy of long, super athletic players that were also good basketball players proved to be a different level of challenge though.
Even when the Mustangs did not force a turnover, it seemed they were able to get out in transition and beat Bowie’s defense back. The Jackrabbits tried to match them as they made three 3-pointers in the first quarter, but trailed 26-15.
The second quarter saw the game get away from Bowie. City View scored 15 straight points before the Jackrabbits made a 3-pointer more than midway through the quarter.
The lead was in the 20s and it did not seem like there was much Bowie could do to slow City View down.
The Jackrabbits rebounded to made three more 3-pointers, but it wasn’t enough to keep up with the Mustangs who led 54-27 at halftime.
Thankfully, Bowie came out in the second half and did not let City View’s get much worse.
At times the Mustangs extended the lead to 30 points or more, but the Jackrabbits were able to limit them in transition and continued to make enough shots to play about even with them.
Down 27 points at halftime and the team looking totally overwhelmed both athletically and skill wise, to only lose by 25 points is the definition of a moral victory as City View won 89-64.
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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