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STORM CENTER: Mason shows resolve
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Forestburg High School girls’ basketball player MaKayla Mason was preparing for a family vacation, but what she ended up with was a different type of extended stay.
Mason said she felt tired during Forestburg’s 2014 track and field season. She said she was irritable all the time, and she also was quite thirsty.
“I was grumpy all the time, and I drank a lot of water,” Mason said. “I remember losing 20-25 pounds. I didn’t feel good.
“I was, first, like okay, what’s going on?” Mason continued. “I needed answers.”
Bags were packed for a family trip to Port Aransas, located in southern Texas.
Instead, Mason went for a check-up at a clinic in Boyd, and it was there she was told to go to Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth.
During a June night, Dr. Michael Willcutts officially diagnosed Mason with Type I diabetes, commonly referred to a juvenile diabetes.
“I was lucky,” said Mason, who received medical treatment at the right time, and it very well could have saved her life.
At the time of her diagnosis, Mason’s blood sugar count was nearly six times more than the normal of 100 mg/DL. She said she remembers seeing other diabetes patients with counts at more than 1,000. Read more in the Jan. 30 Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Forestburg’s MaKayla Mason has battled Type I diabetes to become one of the top basketball players in the county. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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Nocona new press box put into place
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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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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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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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