SPORTS
BHS Bass club fishes at Lake Ray Hubbard
Coming off the Bowie Bass Club’s first Champion of the Lake Award at Lake Texoma in November, the young fishermen had high hopes for their third competition of the season at Lake Ray Hubbard on Dec. 1.
Despite difficult fishing conditions that saw only two teams reach the bag limit, the Bass Club fared well and fell just shy of earning their second Champion of the Lake.
The team of Blake Allen, fishing without his partner Will Hamilton, and captain Weldon Duff was one of the two teams to catch the five fish limit, earning second place with five fish at 13.98 pounds.
“We had never seen that lake before and went in with some reservations, but we relied heavily on electronics and did some map study before we went. We actually found a place where some crawfish were spawning and there were some bass there, and that’s how we got our five,” explained Duff.
It also was a successful day for Ian Ashley and Cooper Gamblin who placed 11th with one fish weighing 4.82 pounds.
Meanwhile, Zachary Kiser and Gunner Valverde finished 46thy with one fish weighing 2.24 pounds. The duo of Cooper Harris and Kooper Hansard and the team of Jeremy Stone also fished but unfortunately came up empty handed for the day.
A total of 185 teams fished in the competition on Saturday, with 74 total fish weighed for 213.44 pounds. The average weight was 2.88 pounds.
The BHS Bass Club is next set to compete after the start of the year on Feb. 23 at Lake Texoma. That will leave only one tournament left on March 23 at Lake Ray Roberts before regionals on April 13, where the teams will return to Lake Ray Hubbard.
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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