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Bowie, Nocona softball teams play at second tournament
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits had an up and down second tournament in Archer County last week.
The Lady Rabbits went 2-1-1 overall during the two day tournament.
Bowie first lost to a tough Windthorst team 14-4. Laney Oliver led the team with four RBIs while hitting a grand slam during the game.
The second game went better against Vernon Northside. The Lady Rabbits won 11-8 with 10 runs coming in the third and fourth innings.
Kenzie Short led the team with three RBIs, three hits and three runs during the game.
Kaylie Kinney pitched five innings and allowed no earned runs while striking out six.
The first game on Saturday was a high scoring 21-11 win against Archer City. Maddie Mandela led the team with five RBIs and a home run while Short drove in three runs. The team had 12 hits and drew nine walks to help fuel runs.
The final game was an unsatisfying tie against Seymour 7-7 after six innings had been played.
Haley Webb led the team with two RBIs. Kinney allowed one earned run while striking out five batters.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians played at their second tournament last week at Everman.
The Lady Indians went 1-2 overall during the two days of competition.
The first game against Arlington Heights did not go well as Nocona lost 13-0 with little going right.
The Lady Indians bounced back with a close loss against the tournament host Everman 11-9 in only three innings. Tobie Cable led the team with four RBIs and three hits. Kylea Wallace was second with two RBIs.
The final game against Fort Worth Southwest went Nocona’s way, winning 10-8. Skye Kirby led the team with four RBIs and Katy Barrett was second with three.
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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