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Lady Rabbits hold off late run by Iowa Park
The Bowie Lady Rabbits picked up a big win at home on Wednesday night.
The Lady Rabbits beat Iowa Park 49-39 to bounce back from their loss at Holliday and stay firmly in second place in the district.
Bowie started the second round of district losing to state-ranked buzzsaw Lady Eagles, but were able to pick up wins against the five other teams in the first round.
The Lady Hawks were one of the teams that were supposed to finish in front of the Lady Rabbits according to pre-season predictions.
Iowa Park comfortably made the playoffs the previous two seasons playing in 4A by finishing second and third. Dropping down to 3A, usually most programs see their results go up.
Bowie proved in the first game back in December that was not going to be a foregone conclusion when it walloped the Lady Hawks 53-32.
As one-sided as it was, the Lady Rabbits knew they could not take a night off and expect the same result.
Bowie came in ready to play. Even with the game being rescheduled to Wednesday because of weather and then the game starting an hour late because of referee miscommunication, the Lady Rabbits started fast.
Bowie’s defense, playing some zone while mixing in some man-to-man to keep giving different looks, just bothered Iowa Park early on as passes flew out of bounds or the Lady Rabbits stripped ball handlers.
The Lady Hawks first came out playing straight up, but then switched to a box-and-one defense, with one defender shading Bowie’s leading scorer Maddie Mandela while playing zone as well.
It did limit her touches and disrupt the Lady Rabbits usual offensive flow, but Bowie found other players to score early. Thanks in large part to their defense, the Lady Rabbits led 10-2 after the first quarter.
While Iowa Park finally got something going offensively in the second quarter, it was not enough to keep up with Bowie. The team made three 3-pointers and built its lead up 27-12 heading into halftime in control.
The third quarter was more of the same though the Lady Rabbits made only one 3-pointer. The Lady Hawks found themselves down 39-20 heading into the fourth quarter and knew something needed to change.
Iowa Park started to bring the pressure defensively with its back against the wall.
It was a physical game throughout, but it got turned up a level in the fourth quarter.
The Lady Hawks started taking and making some 3-pointer they had not made much all game. Bowie’s offense started turning the ball over and players frustration grew as momentum swung to Iowa Park’s side.
Thankfully, the Lady Rabbits offense did not completely crater as they still scored in the double-digits. While the Lady Hawks nearly doubled their three quarter total in the fourth quarter, it was not enough to catch Bowie.
The Lady Rabbits won 49-39 despite the late push.
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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