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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
Nocona had an up and down first tournament last weekend playing in the Cool in Boomtown tournament in Burkburnett.
The Lady Indians ended up going 3-3 overall and finishing runners-up in the consolation title of the gold bracket.
Nocona did not get off to the best start during pool play. The Lady Indians lost to Windthorst 25-14, 25-14. The team rebounded with wins against City View (25-13, 25-9) and Pampa (25-21, 25-19) to close out the day 2-1. Nocona finished second in its pool to earn a spot in the gold bracket on Saturday.
The Lady Indians had another bad start in the morning, losing to Boyd. They rebounded to beat Bridgeport to earn a spot in the consolation title game. It was there Nocona got a rematch with Windthorst.
Unfortunately, it was similar to the first game. The Lady Trojans won 25-15, 25-15 to win the title.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won the consolation title in the gold bracket at their first tournament in Chico last weekend.
The Lady Panthers went 4-2 overall, with their two losses coming against teams that ended up playing in the tournament’s championship game.
One of those was S&S Consolidated who Saint Jo played to start off the tournament in pool play. The Lady Rams won 25-22 and 25-14.
The Lady Panthers rebounded with straight set wins against Newcastle (25-22, 25-18) and against Chico JV (25-11, 25-17). After going 2-1 in pool play, Saint Jo played in the gold bracket.
Unfortunately like in pool play, the Lady Panthers drew a tough team that would eventually play in the title game. Decatur Victory won 25-20 and 25-14 to send Saint Jo to the consolation side of the bracket.
It was there the Lady Panthers would beat Bowie JV 25-15, 25-19 to get to the consolation title game playing tournament host Chico.
It was a back and forth match as Saint Jo won the first set 25-20. The Lady Dragons won the second set 25-16 to force a third and final set. The Lady Panthers closed things out 15-9 to win the match and earn the title.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears won the silver bracket championship in their first tournament at Bryson last weekend.
The Lady Bears went 3-2 overall, rebounding after a rough pool play.
Gold-Burg first played tournament host Bryson and lost 25-12, 25-9. This sparked a change in tactics as Coach Cheryl Cromleigh made adjustments to her rotation to help with coverage.
It paid off in the Lady Bears’ next match with a win against Community Christian coming with scores of 25-14, 25-8. Unfortunately, it did not go Gold-Burg’s way playing against Jacksboro, with the Lady Tigers winning 25-13, 25-18.
The 1-2 record meant the Lady Bears were sent to the silver bracket. There Gold-Burg dominated Bryson’s JV team 25-5, 25-8 to reach the championship game.
Playing Community Christian again, the Lady Bears dominated set one 25-8 and just held on to win set two 25-22 to win the match and the championship.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs had an up and down first tournament at Chico this past weekend.
The Lady Bulldogs went 2-3 overall with wins coming in pools before struggling against some bigger schools.
Prairie Valley first beat Southwest in a three set back and forth match. The Lady Bulldogs won the first set 25-18 before losing set two 25-15. They came back to win set three 15-8.
The second game against Victory did not go well from beginning to end. Prairie Valley lost by the scores 25-9 and 25-6.
The Lady Bulldogs bounced back playing against Graham JV. After losing the first set 25-22, Prairie Valley won the next two sets that were both closely contested with scores 27-25 and 15-12.
Going into bracket play, the Lady Bulldogs were matched up against S&S Consolidated where the Lady Rams won with scores 25-11 and 25-17.
That sent Prairie Valley to the consolation side of the bracket where it played Chico. The Lady Dragons won both sets in the match 25-17, 25-18 to end the Lady Bulldogs tournament.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns got their first official games going at Chico’s tournament last weekend.
While there were some highlights, it was a tough first outing for the Lady Horns.
Pool play scores and results were not available. In bracket play Forestburg lost to Chillicothe by the scores 25-14, 25-16. The Lady Horns bounced back playing against Southwest.
The teams traded scores 25-20 in the first two sets to enter a third and final set.
It was back and forth throughout, but the Lady Horns were able to come out on top 15-13.
Forestburg then played Graham JV and lost both sets by scores 25-15 and 25-13.
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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