SPORTS
Lady Panthers lose to Collinsville
The Saint Jo softball team hosted Collinsville on Wednesday for a double-header.
The Lady Pirates won both games by run-rule 23-2 and 19-4 in games the Lady Panthers know they have to get through in order to grow the program from the ground up.
Thanks to spring break and other off the field commitments her athletes have, Coach Kelly Skidmore knew it could be rough.
The first game saw Collinsville score 14 runs in the first inning thanks mostly to walks and hit batters.
A pitching change for innings two and three cut down on the amount of walks, but the Lady Pirates still scored nine runs in the following two innings.
Still, the Lady Panthers found some ways to score in the short game. Elaina Everson got a single in the first inning, later stealing second base and advancing to third on an error.
She would then be driven in by Taylor Patrick on a ground out to the shortstop.
In the final inning of the game, the Lady Panthers loaded the bases with two drawn walks and a hit batter. With two outs, Krista Reeves stole home to score run two in the game before the final out.
The next game was much better for the Lady Panthers. Saint Jo struck first on offense as Reeves and Kayden Skidmore scored on the base paths with the bases loaded to go up 2-0.
Collinsville answered back with six runs to take the lead heading into the second inning.
The Lady Pirates added one more run in the second inning, but Saint Jo got that run back to start the third inning. Aubrey Morman grounded out to the pitcher, but it was enough to score Skidmore.
Unfortunately, the Lady Pirates answered back where the game got away from the Lady Panthers. Collinsville scored eight run in the third inning. Thankfully, Saint Jo stopped them before they got up by 15 runs so the game could continue on in the fourth inning.
There the Lady Panthers added one more run, this one on a single from Skidmore that drove in Reeves.
Unfortunately, the defense could not hold up Collinsville in the fourth inning. The Lady Pirates scored four runs to end the game due to run rule, winning 19-4.
Again, too many walks given up (15) and (11) hits led to Collinsville’s abundance of runs. Thankfully, there were no errors from the field and Saint Jo was able to get eight hits.
It was also the first game for the Lady Panthers this season to advance past inning three, which is a moral victory in a season that is full with them.
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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