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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Bowie upsets Henrietta in five

Published

9 years ago

10/10/2015

When Henrietta’s Kamryn Weaver thundered down a kill to give the Bearcats game four on Tuesday night, it was gut-check time for the Bowie High School volleyball team.
The Lady Rabbits weren’t to be denied, taking the fifth set and winning the match by scores of 12-25, 25-23, 25-21, 23-25, 15-11.
Bowie improved to 20-13 overall, 5-3 in District 3A-9.
Speaking of the district race, it has gotten tighter at the top with Henrietta at 7-1, Holliday lost to Boyd – dropping to 6-2 – and Bowie, Nocona and Boyd are all 5-3.
“The top-five teams in this district are so close to each other,” Henrietta head coach Rachelle Kabisch said. “We knew it would be hard for anyone to go through district undefeated. This makes the district closer, and makes our job harder.”
Meanwhile, Bowie head coach Jeannie Stark called it an opening for the Lady Rabbits to potentially claim a playoff spot.
“I couldn’t be any prouder of the girls,” Stark said. “After a slow start, we turned it on and began to execute. I felt our blocking in set two played a big role in our comeback.”
Stark said Henrietta plays a controlled style – with Weaver a powerful hitter for the Lady Bearcats.
“We had a plan, and the girls executed it after set one,” Stark said. “We began to control the ball, move the sets around, blocked, dug balls, and hit spots we knew would be open. It was a total team win.”
Bowie won the match because they recorded 13 ace blocks as a team, and the Lady Rabbits made good on 99-of-100 serves. Read more, and see district standings, in the weekend Bowie News.

Bowie’s Addy Cook (10) is in the middle of a back set while Henslee Ogle (1) and Karsen Morgan (5) look on in Tuesday’s District 3A-9 match versus Henrietta. The Lady Rabbits won in five games, helping to shake up the district standings. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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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.