SPORTS
Bowie, Nocona boy powerlifters compete at state
The Bowie and Nocona boy’s powerlifting teams competed one final time this season last week at the state meet in Abilene.
With five Jackrabbits competing in division III and one Indian competing in division IV, no one came home with medals but several came up only one spot short.
Bowie’s Cooper McShan competed in the 132 pound weight class and his 1,050 total tied him with two other lifters. The tie breaker is then who weighs in at the lesser weight. McShan was lighter than one of the lifters, but not the other as he finished in sixth place, just outside of medal contention.
Bowie’s Jakson Hofbauer also finished just outside of medal contention in sixth place. Competing in the 275 weight class, Hofbauer’s 1,635 total was his highest of the season by 50 pounds. Unfortunately, it was 25 pounds off from fifth place.
Hofbauer tied with a lifter from Odem, but he weighed in at a much lower weight to finish ahead in sixth place.
The Jackrabbits Robert Zambrano competed in the 123 weight class and his 920 total was the highest of the season by 30 pounds. He finished 15th overall.
Two Bowie lifters unfortunately did not have good days. Gavin Brown was competing in the 114 class and Johnny Arenas competing in the 198 class both busted out, or did not complete all of their lifts. Arenas completed his squat, with his 585 being 45 pounds more than his previous season best.
From Nocona, senior Miguel Olivares just missed out on a medal finishing sixth as well. Competing in the 132 weight class, he lifted 950 total pounds.
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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