SPORTS

HIGH SCHOOLS: Signing on the line

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9 years ago

06/05/2015

Nocona High School athletes Miriam Diaz and Jaxon Phipps put pen to paper, signing with a pair of regional colleges, on Tuesday at the school.
Diaz will be joining both the cross country and track and field teams at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls.
“It’s a dream come true,” Diaz said. “I’ve always wanted to run on the college level. I love running. It’s really cool to see this hard work pay off.”
This weekend, Diaz was named to The Bowie News’ All-Montague County track and field team, capping a stellar scholastic career running on tracks and grass.
Phipps is set to play baseball at Murray State, a two-year junior college located in Tishomingo, Okla. A drive from Nocona to Tishomingo is roughly 96 miles according to Google maps.
“It’s always something I wanted to do, play college baseball,” Phipps said. “I’ve been working hard every year to get better.”
Phipps was a starter at Nocona in baseball for all four years. Jaxon said he will focus primarily on being a middle infielder at Murray State.
Murray State was eliminated from the postseason by Western Oklahoma State College, but the Aggies had a successful season with a 38-18 record.
The Aggies finished with a .317 team batting average and .415 on-base percentage.
Under head coach Zach Crabtree, Murray State won the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II World Series in 2013.
Murray State plays in the Bi-State Conference along with the likes of Seminole State and Rose State, which is where Bowie’s Dylan Slade, Cooper Cantwell and Coby Bentley will play on at the next level. Read more in the weekend Bowie News.

Jaxon Phipps (left) and Miriam Diaz of Nocona both signed on to play collegiate sports during a special ceremony on Tuesday in the school library. Phipps will play baseball at Murray State in Oklahoma while Diaz will run for nearby Midwestern State. (Courtesy photo by Todd Peterson/Nocona Independent School District)

SPORTS

Nocona new press box put into place

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2 days ago

07/20/2024

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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.

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Richey repeats at IFYR

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2 days ago

07/20/2024

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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.

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Youth rodeo awards presented

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2 days ago

07/20/2024

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The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo presented awards for its summer season this week. Tess Egenbacher won the top cowgirl buckle for the 13-18 age division, which was presented to her by Kyle Bishop. (Courtesy photo)

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.