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Lady Rabbits finish third at hosted tournament
The Bowie Lady Rabbits went 2-2 and finished third at their hosted Gayno Shelton Hoopin’ into the Holidays tournament on Tuesday.
It did not start off well on Monday. The Lady Rabbits fell to Childress 40-28, with the team wearing down from the Lady Cats full court press in the second half. Maddie Mandela and Ziba Robbins combined to score 22 points for the team.
Bowie bounced back with a good win against Graham in the second game 45-31. The team was able to limit the Lady Blues tall post and not let anyone else hurt them offensively while the Lady Rabbits scored the ball better and more balanced than the first game.
Mandela led the team with 18 points while Kayleigh Crow was second with 12 and Robbins added 10.
Bowie then played a state-ranked Windthorst team for a chance to play in the championship game. The Lady Rabbits came back from a 28-16 halftime defecit to make it close in the final seconds. Mandela scored 10 of her team high 16 points in the fourth quarter.
Despite the Lady Trojans missing 50% of their free throws, they made enough in the late stretches to secure the win 45-41.
Crow was second with eight points while Robbins and Maycie Metzler each added seven points.
The loss set up a rematch against Childress for the third place prize. After playing the Lady Cats once already and watching their other games in the tournament, Bowie was more ready to face the full-court press.
It was a close three quarters with leads not growing too much for either team. The score was tied at 34-34 heading into the final period.
The Lady Rabbits received a big blow when Mandela fouled out of the game with four minutes left to play. It looked like Childress would pull ahead and initially it did.
Bowie battled to get back into the game and through some good fortune and grit, found itself with the ball under the Lady Cats basket with seven seconds left to play.
After at time out to draw up a play, Emily Cueva found Crow cutting to the basket for a quick hitting layup that went in with four seconds left to play to put the team up by one point. The desperate heave from Childress had no chance and the Lady Rabbits won 46-45.
Mandela again led the team with 19 points despite not playing the final four minutes. She earned all-tournament honors.
Robbins was second with nine points and Metzler scored seven.
Coach Matthew Miller was most proud his team played better over the course of the tournament.
“Our girls competed hard, yesterday especially,” Miller said. “We got put in a situation where Maddie fouled out with more than four minutes left in the game. It would have been real easy for us to fold up tent, but dug down deep and found a way to get it done.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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