SPORTS
Bowie baseball beats Breckenridge
The Bowie Jackrabbits picked up a big district win at Breckenridge before losing a non-district game against an Oklahoma team, Marlow, the next day.
The Jackrabbits won 8-2 against the Buckaroos on Friday to secure at least a third place finish in the district standings. The next day Bowie lost on the road to the Outlaws 7-2.
Bowie came into Friday’s game needing to win against Breckenridge. The Bucks were one game back after losing to the Jackrabbits the first time around in a close 5-3 game.
As always, the two hour commute could always cause some sort of issues for visiting teams as well as vice-versa. Bowie’s recent close losses to Jacksboro and Holliday also meant close games had not recently gone the Jackrabbits’ way.
Thankfully, Friday’s game did not prove to be that close.
Bowie opened the game by scoring four runs in the first inning. Kynan DeMoss hit a fly ball to left field that induced an error that allowed two runs to score. Cade Thompson would then drive in a run on a single and Colton Richey would score on the base paths thanks to an error from the catcher.
Bowie led 4-0 and Breckenridge never recovered.
The Bucks did score in the second inning on a sacrifice fly ball. The Jackrabbits got the run back in the third inning with Richey driving in a run on a sacrifice fly. Breckenridge drove in a run later in the inning on a fielder’s choice groundball to cut the lead to 5-2 after three innings.
Bowie extended its lead in the fourth inning. Kawlyer Swearingin’s fly ball to left field induced an error that allowed one run to score. He was then driven in by Carson Sanders on a groundout to make the score 7-2.
The Jackrabbits added one more run in the seventh inning as Zach Gilmore scored on a wild pitch to make the final score 8-2.
Bowie took advantage of the seven fielding errors from the Bucks that led to only of its runs being earned. Thompson, Sanders and Richey each drove in one run each to lead the team.
Swearingin got the start on the mound and pitched 2.1 innings while giving up two runs (one earned) on one hit, four walks and striking out three. Thompson came in and pitched 4.1 innings and gave up no runs on two hits and one walk while striking out three.
To read the full story, 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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