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Volleyball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians wrapped up the first round of district play with a win against Chico on Friday night.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets with little drama against the Lady Dragons.
Nocona won with set scores being 25-17, 25-14 and 25-17.
Megyn Meekins led the team with 11 kills and 12 assists while Skyler Smith was right behind her with 10 kills and 11 assists. Aubree Kleinhans and Calli Womack each had two service aces to lead the team.
On defense Bren Fenoglio and Avery Crutsinger each had three blocks. Kaygan Stone and Kleinhans ended with four digs each.
It wraps up the first round of district play for Nocona as the Lady Indians are easily in first place with three wins. Not only has Nocona not lost a set during district, but in its last six matches.
The team cannot get complacent in its final three regular season matches as it gears up for the playoffs while hopefully continuing to get better.
The Lady Indians are next scheduled to at noon on Oct. 22 at home against Alvord for senior day.

Gold-Burg vs Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers wrapped up the first round of district play on Friday by beating Gold-Burg on the road.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets against the Lady Bears with set scores being 25-9, 25-14 and 25-10.
Aubrey Morman led Saint Jo with 13 kills. Kayden Skidmore had a team high 16 assists and five aces to go along with eight kills. Payzlie Cervantes led the team with six digs while adding six kills. Maxey Johnson also had five aces while she was second with 14 assists.
Lady Panther Coach Kelly Skidmore was proud of her team.
“The overall game finish was much better in the second and third set than it has been,” Skidmore said. “Also finishing the first round out that way was a big accomplishment. Now to finish the last three games strong.”
Saint Jo is next scheduled to play at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 21 at Forestburg.
Gold-Burg is next scheduled to play at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 21 at home against Prairie Valley.

Prairie Valley vs Forestburg
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won at Forestburg on Friday night.
It went to four sets, but the Lady Bulldogs won 3-1 overall.
The first two sets went Prairie Valley’s way winning 25-13 and 25-15. The third set saw the Lady Horns fight back and make it a match. Ultimately, Forestburg was able to pull out the set at the end and win 25-22 to extend the match.
The Lady Bulldogs then won the fourth set 25-12 to close out the match and win 3-1.
From Forestburg, Alli Cisneros led the team with five kills and Braylee Briles had five service aces.
The win for Prairie Valley puts it in second place in district with a 2-1 record after the first round, with its only loss to first place Saint Jo.
Forestburg will be hoping for better results the second time around after going 0-3.
The Lady Bulldogs are next scheduled to travel to Gold-Burg to play at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 21.
The Lady Horns are next set to host Saint Jo at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 21.

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Nocona new press box put into place

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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.

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Richey repeats at IFYR

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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.

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Youth rodeo awards presented

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The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo presented awards for its summer season this week. Tess Egenbacher won the top cowgirl buckle for the 13-18 age division, which was presented to her by Kyle Bishop. (Courtesy photo)

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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