SPORTS
Teens compete at Junior World Finals rodeo in Vegas
Montague County had three teen rodeo competitors compete at the Junior World Finals in Las Vegas last week.
Conley Kleinhans and his partner Brant Cookston took home the team roping championship while Charli Snow and Bayler Smith both competed in the senior girl’s barrel racing event.
The Junior World Finals ran concurrently with the National Finals Rodeo and featured the best young talent in nine events over 10 days of competitions. More than 800 youth contestants competed.
Nocona High School senior and header Kleinhans was competing with new partner Cookston this rodeo season. With it being his last time to compete at this level, he and his partner made it count.
During their five runs the pair put up a combined time of 36.650 seconds to finish first.
The total was more than 10 seconds ahead of second place who had a time of 46.930.
“It was a great experience competing and winning this year, especially because it’s the last year I’ll qualify to do it,” Kleinhans said.
For Snow, the senior from Nocona finished 32nd overall in the senior barrels division, with her combined time for her two runs being 29.610.
Smith, a sophomore from Nocona, also competed in the senior barrels division where she finished 54th.
Her combined time for her two runs was 34.280.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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