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Lady Indians stay undefeated
The Nocona Lady Indians are still undefeated after winning their third tournament of the season at the Cooke County Holiday Classic in Callisburg last week.
The Lady Indians went 4-0 at the tournament to win first overall before then winning against Millsap on Saturday. The team celebrated individual and program milestones.
The new poll in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches this week now puts Nocona at rank No. 1 for the first time in program history. Also, sophomore Megyn Meekins scored her 1,000 career point during the tournament final and celebrated with a banner along with the team’s trophy.
The Lady Indians started the tournament with a 45-36 win against Collinsivlle. Meekins led the team with 15 points while Skyler Smith had a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Coach Kyle Spitzer did not think the team played really well, but the team picked up the execution in its next two games.
Nocona blew out Gainesville and S&S Consolidated 76-19 and 55-24 to get to the championship game. Meekins scored 26 points to lead the team in the second game and Smith scored 23 points and grabbed 19 rebounds in the third game.
The Lady Indians met state-ranked Muenster in the final and the Lady Hornets provided one of the closest game of the season for Nocona. Muenster led 20-14 at halftime, but second half defensive adjustments led to more transition opportunities which allowed the Lady Indians to have a 16-4 third quarter before hanging on to get the win the fourth quarter 41-37.
Meekins led the team with 17 points while Smith scored 11 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Meekins was named tournament most valuable player and Smith was named to the all-tournament team.
Meekins also scored her 1,000 career point in the game despite being only a sophomore, an honor not lost on her coach.
The team then closed out the week on Saturday playing Millsap on the road. Another third quarter surge where Nocona outscored the Lady Bulldogs 24-14 allowed the Lady Indians to run away with the game 71-56.
Meekins scored 27 points and dished eight assists to lead the team. Smith scored 16 points and grabbed a team high nine rebounds. Reagan Phipps joined the two in double-figures scoring 11 points.
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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