SPORTS
Bowie boys spoil Eagle district title
The Bowie Jackrabbits finished their regular season with a big morale boosting win against Holliday on Tuesday night.
The Jackrabbits won 71-67 in a game that went back and forth throughout the night.
Bowie came into the game following two disappointing losses against City View and Vernon which meant the team was stuck finishing fourth in the district no matter what happened in its final home game against the Eagles. Still, the Jackrabbits had something to play for.
This year Holliday was in a three-team race for the district title with City View and Vernon heading into the final game and needed to win to keep that hope alive.
On a personal level, despite the teams being close in talent the past two years, and exchanging buzzer-beating winners last year, the Eagles have found ways to finish ahead of Bowie both years in the coveted second seed.
That history combined with senior Brody Armstrong most likely scoring his 1,000 career point during the game meant there was plenty to play for on both sides.
The first quarter started with both teams coming out and hitting shots. The Jackrabbits usually liked to push the pace by pressuring teams with their defense, but Holliday made them pay for it in the first game. This time, Bowie sat back in a zone and tried to limit the Eagles chances in the paint and contest best it could on 3-pointers.
It was shaky in the first quarter, but the Jackrabbits were making enough shots to stay close trailing 21-17.
Bowie did make three 3-pointers in the first quarter to keep pace, but when that was not happening in the second quarter the team found other ways to score on mid-range shots and baskets around the rim off dump off passes.
Holliday’s offense took a dip down in the second quarter which allowed the Jackrabbits to tie the game up at 32-32 heading into halftime.
It was another back and forth third quarter, with Bowie coming back to tie the game again after Holliday pulled ahead a bit. The game was tied 48-48 heading into the fourth quarter.
Bowie had its best offensive stretch of the game, powered by Armstrong as he scored 12 of his team high 29 points in the final period.
The Jackrabbits powered ahead in the final minutes and got some clutch free throws in the final seconds from Tucker Jones, who scored all six of his points in the fourth quarter after dealing with foul trouble all game.
He put Bowie up by four with less than 10 seconds left to seal the game up and give the Jackrabbits the win 71-67.
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.
-
NEWS2 years ago2 hurt, 1 jailed after shooting incident north of Nocona
-
NEWS8 months agoSuspect indicted, jailed in Tia Hutson murder
-
NEWS1 year agoSO investigating possible murder/suicide
-
NEWS2 years agoWreck takes the life of BHS teen, 16
-
NEWS12 months agoMurder unsolved – 1 year later Tia Hutson’s family angry, frustrated with no arrest
-
NEWS1 year ago
Sheriff’s office called out to infant’s death
-
NEWS2 years agoBowie Police face three-hour standoff after possible domestic fight
-
NEWS2 years ago
Driver stopped by a man running into the street, robbed at knifepoint