SPORTS
Bowie softball falls in district opener
The Bowie Lady Rabbits started district play on Tuesday playing a chilly game at Henrietta.
The Lady Cats won 10-0, winning by run-rule a half inning earlier than a full game.
Bowie came into the game after a tough tournament the previous weekend playing at Iowa Park.
The Lady Rabbits got one person on base in the opening inning when Chloe Kinney hit a single up the middle with one out.
Unfortunately, the other three batters at the top of Bowie’s lineup struck out, which would be a common occurrence.
The Lady Rabbits struck out 15 times during the six innings as they struggled to even touch Henrietta’s Kirstyn Barnard pitches.
The first inning hit also proved to be the only one for Bowie all game, although Chloe Kinney as well as Kaylie Kinney each drew walks to get some base runners on during the game.
The Lady Cats only scored in three innings, but when they did they scored several runs. The first inning saw two doubles, two singles, a walk and a fielding error score four runs to put Henrietta up 4-0
The Lady Rabbits then held for the next three innings, allowing only one base runner and no runs.
Unfortunately, the fifth inning was another explosion of hits from the Lady Cats, as a sole home run, a double, a single, a fielding error, a walk and a sacrifice ground out scored four more runs.
Bowie changed pitchers from Kaylie Kinney to Sadie Britt during the inning.
In the sixth inning, two singles, a fielding error and a fielder’s choice drove in the final two runs to end the game early in the bottom of the sixth inning. Henrietta won 10-0.
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.
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