SPORTS
Forestburg track competes at huge meet
The Forestburg track team competed at a huge meet on Saturday, the Graham Possum Kingdom Relays.
With 39 schools at the meet ranging from 1A to 5A, it was a classic big meet to get experience for the Longhorn athletes, many of whom are competing as underclassmen.
With so many schools present, there were two divisions. The big school division had schools in 3A, 4A and 5A. The small school division had 1A and 2A schools competing along with any JV athletes from the bigger schools.
Even with the divisions, all of the running events had prelims athletes had to do well enough in to advance to the finals. With the stiff competition, unfortunately no Forestburg runner was able to advance to the finals.
Braylee Briles and Justynne Roller finished in the teens in their races. Briles finished 17th in the 400 meters. Roller finished 17th and 18th running the 800 and 1600 meters.
The relay teams all competed against each other though. The boy’s 4×200 relay finished 11th overall and the 4×400 relay finished ninth.
The field events saw some Lady Horns continue to do well.
Madisen Deason eighth place finish in the high jump was the best finish of the day for any Forestburg athlete. Deasen also finished 15th in the long jump.
Other standout field event results included Briles placing 15th in the triple jump and Roller also finishing 15th in the discus.
The Longhorn team is next scheduled to compete at Olney on March 24.
To see full results for all Forestburg athletes from Saturday, 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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