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Lady Rabbits win at Henrietta 3-1

Published

6 years ago

10/13/2018

The Bowie Lady Rabbits started the second round of district Tuesday on the road at Henrietta.
With their first meeting going to five sets with the Lady Rabbits coming out the victor, Bowie was strapped in for what they anticipated would be a battle. Coming off back to back losses against district leader Holliday and rival Nocona, the Lady Rabbits could not afford a third straight loss if they wanted to stay in third place.
Bowie came out in the first set sharp and focused. They took a narrow lead in the opening points and never let go. They grew their 9-6 lead to 20-15 and were able to hold on to win the first set 25-21.
The second set was all Lady Cats as they jumped to an early 5-0 lead and held a sizeable 18-12 lead with momentum. After a timeout, the Lady Rabbits were able to win nine of the next 10 points to take a 21-19 lead. Henrietta was able to cut the lead to within one 23-22 that could have gone either team’s way, but it was Bowie who closed out the set, winning it 25-23 to go up 2-0.
It seemed like déjà vu as the Lady Rabbits again fell behind early in the third set, trailing 10-5. After 10 more points, Bowie still faced a five point deficit 15-10 and was running out of points.
It seemed like they were on their way to pull off another come-from-behind win as they cut the lead to 16-14, but that would be as close as the Lady Rabbits got. Henrietta took control from there and was able to win the set 25-21 to force a fourth set.
Needing to put a stop to the Lady Cats hope of forcing a fifth set, it did not look good for Bowie early on as they fell behind 12-8.
Climbing back to take the lead 18-17, the Lady Rabbits were able to close things out and win 25-22 to win the match.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

SPORTS

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.

SPORTS

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.

SPORTS

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.