SPORTS
Saint Jo beats Forestburg in a district showdown
Saint Jo and Forestburg volleyball teams faced off for the first time this season on Tuesday at Forestburg with both teams hoping to earn their first district win.
It was the Lady Panthers who came out on top in straight sets, dominating the first two sets and pulling away in the third set.
The Lady Horns fell behind early in the first two sets, struggling with their serve-receive to mount a consistent attack. Coach Cori Hayes said he had recently changed the team’s tactics to a more traditional attack and the team is still adjusting to it.
Saint Jo had the advantage at the net and were able to keep the pressure on Forestburg. A wild counterattack would score every now and again for the Lady Horns, but not consistently enough to keep them in the first two sets. Both sets saw the Lady Panthers win by 25-9, feeling extremely confident heading into the third set.
After initially falling behind 4-1, Forestburg came back not only to tie it up at 5-5, but take a 9-6 lead on the strength of some strong serving and scrappy defense.
Saint Jo quickly re-coursed the set in their favor with more of the same solid play as they came back to tie the score 10-10 before taking the lead and going from there. The Lady Panthers won 25-15.
For Saint Jo, Charity Brawner led the team with 10 assists while adding two kills. Bailey Melton led the team with three kills and Maddie Ogden also added two kills. Lacy Huddleston led the Lady Horns with four aces and nine digs. Faith Moore led the team with three kills and Katie Willett had nine digs. Saint Jo’s next game restarts district as they play Tioga at 5 p.m. on Oct. 2 at home. Forestburg’s next game also restarts district as they play Alvord at 5 p.m. on Oct. 2 on the road.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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.
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.
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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