SPORTS
Nocona falls to Lindsay in the playoffs
The Nocona Lady Indians season came to an end on Tuesday night against Lindsay in the regional quarterfinals round.
The Lady Knights won 3-1, with their size and experience overwhelming the Lady Indians.
Nocona came into the match cooking, riding a 15-game winning streak and showing a lot of growth after having a lot of ups and downs in the first month of the season. In that first month, Nocona ran into this Lindsay team twice and lost both times.
The Lady Knights took control of the opening set early. Lindsay led 14-6 and it grew to double-digits 20-10 with its looking rough.
Nocona then went on a 10-2 run to cut the lead to 22-20 and show the Lady Knights they were not going to have an easy time.
Still, Lindsay was able to recover and closed out the first set winning the final three points 25-20 to take 1-0 lead.
Despite having that great run to close the first set, the Lady Indians did not have any of that momentum in set two. Again the Lady Knights jumped out on top with the lead slowly growing from 13-7, 16-9 and 19-11. Nocona did not have a comeback moment like in the first set as Lindsay won comfortably 25-16 to take a 2-0 lead.
The third set proved to be the most competitive of the match. The Lady Knights still had the lead and control for most of it, but they were not pulling away as the set went on.
Lindsay led 7-3 and 12-8, but Nocona hung around and closed the lead to 21-19.
The Lady Indians would tie the score up at 21-21 and from there it was back and forth for the next 14 points.
Nocona received a scare when Skyler Smith went down holding her ankle as her team went up 24-23.
After a pause in the action and getting helped up by trainers, she was walking under own power with no noticeable limp and decided to stay in the match.
It went back and forth with both teams having several chances to close out the set, but in the end the Lady Indians were able to win 29-27 to cut the lead to 2-1 and extend the match.
Whether it was the last gasp from a gritty Lady Indians team or if it was the start of a come-back decided in the fifth set, everyone would find out in set four.
Unfortunately, that same gritty magic in the third set was nowhere for the Lady Indians. Lindsay extended its lead to 10-5 and there would be no comeback moment in this set.
At that point the team picture banner that was hanging in front of the stands had started to fall. After getting hung back up, it failed beyond repair later on when the Lady Knights pulled ahead 19-10, with it getting bundled up as the end of the match was nearing.
Lindsay won 25-15 to win the set and the match 3-1 to go to the regional tournament.
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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