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Nocona, Saint Jo girls win bi-district games
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians won their bi-district playoff game against Haskell on Monday night.
Nocona blew out a Haskell team 70-25 that was just happy to make it into the playoffs after winning a play-in game against Hawley.
Nocona came in as big favorites with an undefeated record on the season and big expectations to go far in the playoffs. Featuring a team with few seniors, it would not have been strabge for the team to be looking past Monday’s game and possibly not play well and still expect to win.
Instead, Nocona came out ready to dominate. Haskell scored only three points in the first quarter and made no field goals. This allowed Nocona to get out and push the ball following rebounds and steals from its defense.
It was 19-3 Nocona after the first quarter and it never got much better for Haskell as the game went on. Obviously, Haskell scored a bit better in the following quarters, but never scored more than nine points in any of the last three quarters.
Nocona’s lowest point total was 14 points in the third quarter as it was already up by 30 points at that time. Coach Kyle Spitzer made sure the team finished with a good charge despite already having the game in hand as Nocona scored a game high 21 points in the fourth quarter.
Nocona won 70-25.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers held on to beat Bryson on Monday night in a game that came down to the wire.
The Lady Panthers won 39-37 against the Cowgirls.
Saint Jo came in as slight favorites being a two seed playing a three seed, but the Lady Panthers are a young team with no playoff basketball experience.
Saint Jo used its pressure defense to try and dictate a fast paced game it usually likes to play. Unfortunately, the Lady Panthers had trouble making shots.
Still, Saint Jo led 9-8 after the first quarter and 22-15 at halftime. The third quarter saw the Cowgirls get back into the game and cut the lead to one point 28-27 heading into the fourth quarter.
From there, Saint Jo was able to use its lead and slow down the pace some to try and work the clock, which was praised by Coach Daniel Lindenborn.
“I thought the girls did a superb job of keeping their composure throughout the entire game, especially at the end when we needed to protect the ball and run some time off the clock,” Lindenborn said.
That composure allowed the Lady Panthers to close out the game confidently, with only a 3-pointer from Bryson at the buzzer making it a two-point lead in the final score 39-37.
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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