SPORTS
Lady Indians squash Graham 72-24
The Nocona Lady Indians showed out in their home opener on Friday against Graham.
The Lady Indians won 72-24 showing why they are a pre-season top 10 team in the state.
Nocona won its season opener against City View leaning heavily on its two returning starters and ball handlers on offense Megyn Meekins and Skyler Smith.
Against Graham the rest of the team, half of which are new to varsity, got in on the action too.
The first quarter was actually competitive. The Lady Blues post player was the tallest on the floor and had good touch to score around the basket.
She also was a deterrent in the lane on defense.
With few fouls getting called, driving into the lane usually led to blocks or toughly contested shots.
Nocona still pushed the ball every time it could with long outlet passes that provided several of its baskets and allowed it to take a 16-10 lead after the first quarter.
While the Lady Indian post players Sydnee Mowry and Avery Crutsinger were not as tall, they were challenged to stick more closely onto Graham’s leading scorer and not allow her to catch a ball cleanly without a fight.
This led to more stops from Nocona on defense which then led to more chances in transition to push the ball. With many teams not ready for full court outlet passes and with one girl always looking to leak out ahead of an unsuspecting defense, the Lady Indians quickly grabbed control of the game as the lead grew to double-digits.
Nocona led 34-17 heading into halftime and it would only get worse for Graham in the second half.
All of the running in transition seemed to drain all of the offensive energy out of Graham in the second half. Nocona allowed only seven points in final two quarters combined.
All of those stops then fed into transition opportunities, which were more numerous than in the first half. Not taking their foot off the gas until the final minute, the Lady Indians won by nearly 50 points, 72-24.
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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