SPORTS
Nocona wins matchup at Bowie
It is always a big game when county rivals Bowie and Nocona play, but there were actual stakes involved in the volleyball teams game at Bowie on Saturday.
The winner would have sole possession of second place in the district heading into the second round as both teams only district loss had been to Holliday.
Despite the home court advantage, though both teams brought loud and spirited crowds, it was the Lady Indians day as they won in straight sets before the Lady Rabbits knew what happened.
It got started in the beginning of the first set as Nocona got out to an early, but substantial, 7-3 lead.
Even as Bowie got a hold of themselves, the closest they were able to get was two points as the Lady Indians led 16-14 mid game.
From there the Lady Rabbits just could not close the gap as Nocona was able to hold strong and end up winning the first set 25-22.
Despite Bowie needing to turn things around, it was the same story to begin set two. Nocona’s strong serves and relentless attacks led to a 10-5 lead early in the set.
Unlike the first set, the Lady Rabbits never could close that margin as the Lady Indians lead grew and grew. Nocona closed the set on a 15-5 spree to win the one-sided set 25-10.
Needing to win the third set to continue the match, with the hometown crowd behind them and wanting to beat their county rival, the third set seemed poised for Bowie to win. It looked like it was going to go that way as the Lady Rabbits had an early 4-1 lead.
Unfortunately for Bowie, it was all Lady Indians after that as they quickly tied the score before taking a 12-8 lead and never looking back. The margin continued to get bigger as Nocona would end up winning the set easily 25-13 to win the match.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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