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Bowie loses rainy final home game 33-0
The Bowie Jackrabbits lost their final home game against Breckenridge on a rainy night.
The Buckaroos won 33-0, with most of the scoring coming in the first quarter.
The Jackrabbits were coming into the game fresh off their long overdue first win of the season against Clyde.
Despite everything, Bowie was hopeful it could upset a six-win Breckenridge team on a two-game losing skid that Coach Hugh Farmer said was dealing with some injury trouble.
The rain was constant throughout the game, but it was not heavy enough to completely abandon the passing game for either side. It might have contributed to the five fumbles in the game, though only one was recovered by the defense of Breckenridge. The Bucks also got two interceptions while the Jackrabbits had one.
Breckenridge scored three touchdowns in the first quarter. Two came on runs of 45 and 47 yards away by two different running backs. The other score was on a wide receiver screen that went for 32 yards and a touchdown.
Breckenridge was up 20-0 and it looked like it might get ugly if something did not change for Bowie.
The defense started getting some stops in the second quarter. The Bucks scored once more on a long run, this one from 38 yards out, in the middle of the quarter to make it 26-0.
Bowie’s offense just could not get anything going. Receivers had trouble getting open and quarterback Brody Armstrong scrambling for extra time resulted in big sacks.
The Jackrabbit special teams set up Bowie’s best chance to score right before halftime. Colton Shaffer got through to block a punt and recovered it at the Bucks 17 yard line with less than a minute left.
Bowie had to get aggressive to try and score before time ran out, but unfortunately Breckenridge got an interception to keep the score 26-0 heading into halftime.
Early in the third quarter, the Jackrabbits threw another interception in their own territory. Thankfully, Bowie’s defense got the ball back as cornerback Brycen Park intercepted a wide receiver screen shortly afterwards.
It was a defensive struggle for the rest of the game, with the only thing of note happened late in the fourth quarter when the Bucks scored on a one-yard plunge to make the final score 33-0.
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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