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Lady Rabbits lose at Holliday
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The Bowie Lady Rabbits gave the eventual district champ Holliday its last good shot Friday on the road.
The state-ranked Lady Eagles still won comfortably 68-36, but the Lady Rabbits gave them a much better fight than they did the first time the teams played back.
Back in mid December, the start of district play saw Bowie overwhelmed by the size and skill of Holliday as the team lost 71-15 in a game that was as one-sided as the score.
Since then the Lady Rabbits reeled off seven straight wins, including five in district to finish in second place after the first round of play.
Even though the Lady Eagles also beat the rest of the district just as easily and has state title dreams, Bowie should have given them a better game the first time and this was going to be its last shot.
What made the matchup especially tough for Bowie is Holliday’s overwhelming size. Almost all of the Lady Eagles starting five are 5’10” or taller, while the Lady Rabbits have only one player topping out at that height in Ziba Robbins who plays more on the perimeter.
The lack of height has been one of the tough things for Bowie the last three seasons when it has finished behind Holliday in district. What put the Lady Eagles over the top this year was adding Jalynn Bristow, who is listed at 6’2” and is committed to Iowa State University to play basketball.
Playing a game against such an athlete who knows how to use every inch of her physical advantage is an adjustment Bowie never seemed to get over in the first game as the team never got anything going offensively or could slow Holliday down.
This time, the Lady Rabbits were determined to try and compete with them better. Bowie tried to play at a deliberately slow pace, holding the ball against the Lady Eagles zone since they wanted to get up and down the floor by forcing turnovers with their length.
Bowie lost 68-36.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
SPORTS
Nocona gets delivered new press box
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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.
SPORTS
Richey repeats at IFYR
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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.
SPORTS
Youth rodeo awards presented
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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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