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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Time for area teams to contend

Published

9 years ago

11/27/2015

Four of the seven schools The Bowie News covers had boys’ basketball programs qualify for the postseason last year.
Bowie advanced all the way to the Conference 3A regional quarterfinals before falling to Ponder, who was eliminated by Van Alstyne in the next round.
Bellevue made it to the regional quarterfinals as well in Conference 1A, falling to Miller Grove – the same school that ousted Forestburg in the area round.
Nocona was eliminated from the playoffs by Whitesboro in the bi-district round, and the Indians had an interesting path to the postseason – which included a coin flip.
The University Interscholastic League state championships, like last year, will take place at the Alamodome in San Antonio from March 10-12.
Here are capsules from every team.

Bowie

District 3A-9 most valuable player Chase Hall returns for his senior season, fresh off a successful football campaign.
Point guard Keck Jones, shooting guard Jeffery Howard and swing forward Zeke Vaughan join Hall to form part of a potent starting lineup for the Jackrabbits, along with Kaden Ogle, Trace Hardee, Tilghman Parr, Gary Mosley, Daniel Mosley, Cade Roth and Taylor Pigg.

Nocona

Nocona, under first-year head coach Bret Botard, is off to a strong 4-1 record after its play at the Blue Ridge Tournament last weekend.
Kameron Hill, who tallied 40 points in a game versus Coram Deo Academy of Flower Mound, is the unquestioned leader for Nocona at a swing forward spot. Guards Brenton Vineyard and Riley McCasland and forward Barkley Hayes also are part of the rotation.

Bellevue

Forward/center Layne Morris is back to lead Bellevue, the defending District 1A-21 champion.
The Eagles lost at Poolville to open the season, but head coach Colby Broussard likes assembling a difficult schedule to challenge the team – which includes this weekend’s Fantasy of Lights Tournament at Wichita Falls.

Forestburg

Steve Sandusky is the dean of area coaches now in his 11th season, and the Longhorns have plenty of talent this season.
“A concern I have is how long it will take to get our basketball legs under us,” said Sandusky, noting Forestburg had its first practice of the season Monday due to the Longhorns reaching the area round of the football playoffs.
The starting lineup features returners Malaci Moore and Skyler Sandusky at forward spots and Taten Vann at guard.

Gold-Burg

Gold-Burg won just two games a season ago, and the Bears have a new leader this year in Principal Aaron Tefertiller.
The team returns three talented starters in forward Anthony Rios and guards Kasen Allen, a senior, and Rayge Gardner.
Expect Gold-Burg to play more up-tempo this season, and mix man and zone on defense.

Prairie Valley

Prairie Valley is off to a rough start at 0-2, but there’s reason for optimism because the Bulldogs have so much depth.
The team returns four starters from a season ago with center Tyler Carter, guard Alec Ducharme, power forward Lane Roof and swing forward Anthony Roof. Forward Chase Edwards and center Brett Smith also are back.

Saint Jo

Second-year Saint Jo head coach Brian Blank is starting from scratch.
The starting lineup is laden with freshman and newcomers including guards Blake Anderson, J.C. Dunn and Preston Lyons and forwards T.J. Lindenborn and Bret Haney.
Forward Gene Hermosilla and guards Juan Sanchez and Brady Hilton also are part of the Panthers’ rotation. See complete team capsules in the Nov. 25 Bowie News.

Prairie Valley’s Lane Roof goes up for a shot during a game versus Christ Academy from Nov. 17. The Bulldogs will have more depth this year, and head coach Jack Williams hopes it translates into wins. (News photo by Kayla Jean Woods)

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Nocona new press box put into place

Published

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.