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Lady Rabbits easily beat Henrietta
The Bowie Lady Rabbits rebounded after suffering their first district loss the previous game with a win at home against Henrietta to start off the second round of district.
The outcome was never in doubt from the end of the first quarter as the Lady Rabbits won big 45-17. While this was a big improvement from the first game which saw Bowie win 46-36, the energy was only there in spurts.
After taking an 8-2 lead in the first quarter, the Lady Rabbits were able to reel off seven points in the final three minutes to go up 15-2.
With a comfortable lead, Bowie’s energy went down as well on offense as well. The comfortable interior passes they were able to take advantage of in the first quarter went away with as the Lady Cats started bring help defenders to double post players when they got the ball.
Coach Chuck Hall made it a point to his team, to start calling out double teams during the game, to immediately pass out of those situations to an open shooter on the perimeter.
Unfortunately, the good three-point shooting from the Lady Rabbits previous game at Nocona did not show up for a repeat performance as Bowie made only one three pointer for the game.
Still, unlike the first game, the Lady Rabbits defense never slouched as they scored just enough to keep growing the lead to 25-6 at halftime and 33-9 heading into the fourth quarter.
Both teams picked up the pace in the final quarter as the Lady Cats were able to string together a few shots, almost doubling what they had scored through three quarters, which is not saying much.
Bowie still outscored them in the quarter on their way to win 45-17, but it was the type of blowout coaches do not like to see from their winning team, that it seems like it was a chore to get through.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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