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Prairie Valley basketball starts season

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6 years ago

11/14/2018

The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs topped Mineral Wells Community Christian 53-42 on Friday to secure a season opener win.
However, the Lady Bulldogs trailed 0-6 at the end of the first quarter, but woke up and put 18 points on the board in the second to head into halftime trailing just one point 18-19.
The Lady Bulldogs continued to dominate in the last two quarters, outscoring the visiting team 17-12 in both to take the 52-43 win.
Sydni Messer tallied 15 points to lead the Lady Bulldogs. Hailey Winkler also scored in double digits with 12 points to help fuel the win.
“We have a lot to work on,” explained Carpenter. “First and foremost, the girls need to be hitting the gym putting up shots. We are quick but struggle with seeing the court as well as we should. We are still a relatively young team, but we are returning four starters. I am looking forward to what this season has in store for us.”
The Prairie Valley boys suffered a tight three-point loss by 67-64 to Mineral Wells Community Christian to open the season on Friday night.
The Bulldogs led in the first half, closing out the first quarter ahead by one 16-15, and had extended that lead 32-27 heading into halftime.
However, the Warriors came back fighting in the third, outscoring the Bulldogs 14-7. They again led in the fourth by one point, but the third quarter was enough of a lead to take the win 67-64.
“We played a very physical game, but a lot of times we were just out of control offensively and defensively,” said Prairie Valley Coach Seth Stephens, who is in his first year of coaching the Bulldogs.
Three of the Bulldog’s starters fouled out, with William Winkler landing in foul trouble and spending half the game on the bench.
However, he was still able to grab 11 rebounds while putting up 12 points. Carter Lemon led the Bulldog offense with 19 points, and Tyler Reid was a big contributor for Prairie Valley with 10 points and seven rebounds.
The Bulldogs will take on HEAT as well at home on Friday. The boys will follow the girl’s game, scheduled for 6 p.m.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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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.

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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.

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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.