SPORTS
Boyd pulls away from Bowie late
A close game got away from the Bowie Jackrabbits on Friday as they lost to the young, but talented Boyd Yellowjackets.
After a low scoring defensive struggle for three quarters, the teams combined to score 27 points in the fourth quarter. Unfortunately, most of them were the Yellowjackets, who won 33-13.
The Jackrabbits started the game great. They drove down the field with some short passes and runs all the way down to Boyd’s one-yard line. There quarterback Payton Price threw a touchdown pass to Boo Oakley to give Bowie a 7-0 lead early in the game.
The Jackrabbit defense had some early success keeping the Yellowjackets running attack at bay as they carried that lead into the second quarter. Boyd did put a drive together to score as their quarterback Kody Risenhoover scored on a short run, but a missed extra point saw Bowie still in the lead 7-6 at halftime.
After a successful first drive, the Jackrabbits offense was having issues. The Yellowjackets were focused on stopping Bowie’s run game and was having success, forcing the Jackrabbits to beat them passing.
Turnovers and not being able to convert third downs all night was also preventing Bowie from extending their lead.
It did not take long for Boyd to take the lead in the second half as they took the opening kickoff back 82 yards for a touchdown to give the Yellowjackets a 12-7 lead.
The Jackrabbits defense was able to keep them in the game as their offense continued to struggle. There was still a good amount of hope Bowie would find a way to win down only one score heading into the fourth quarter.
Boyd was able to get the train moving as the Jackrabbit defense was starting to wear down. Short drives and a turnover led to the Yellowjackets scoring twice in quick succession to balloon their lead up to 27-7.
Bowie’s offense answered with a scoring drive capped with Price buying time scrambling to his right before throwing it to the end zone to Joey Crawford for a 24-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 27-13 and make it a two score game.
Needing stops for a hope of a comeback, the Jackrabbits sold out to try and stop the run, but Boyd’s Risenhoover squeaked through and found a hole as he scored from 30 yards out to score the final dagger. The Yellowjackets won 33-13.
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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