SPORTS
Lady Indians struggle in final tournament
The Nocona Lady Indians softball team competed in its final tournament last week in Lindsay.
The Lady Indians had a tough time in terms of results as they went 0-4 against some tough schools.
Nocona started off with tournament hosts Lindsay. It was a short, but competitive game as the tournament stopped the game after only three innings.
The teams traded two runs each in the first inning. Karlee Keck and Taylor Richards drove in runs for the Lady Indians as the score was tied 2-2.
In the second inning Nocona scored on a passed ball, a steal home and a Laci Stone RBI to go up 5-2. The Lady Knights fired back scoring four runs to go up 6-5. The Lady Indians could not answer in the third inning before the game was called to an end.
Nocona next played Borger on Friday. The Lady Indians started the game well with Gisel Hernandez scoring on a bunt from Koryahanna Ramsey in the first inning. The Lady Bulldogs answered in the first inning as the score was tied 1-1.
Nocona struggled to score for the rest of the game despite getting some hits. Borger scored 10 runs in the next three innings to win the game 11-1 as the Lady Indians struggled with errors.
Nocona had to turn around and play Pottsboro after that where some of the previous game might have rubbed. The Lady Cardinals scored 10 runs in the first inning and the Lady Indians could not recover.
Nocona did scored two runs in the fourth inning with Richards driving in two runs on a single. Pottsboro scored one run to go back up by 10 to end the game right there as they won 12-2.
The Lady Indians ended the tournament on Saturday with a game against Era. Again Nocona was hit hard early in the first inning as the Lady Hornets scored five runs.
The Lady Indians answered with a run of their own in the first inning when Kycelynn Contreras drove in a run with single.
The score stayed 5-1 entering the third inning where Era put another five run inning together to go up 10-1. Nocona scored two more runs with an RBI from Karlee Keck and Ramsey scoring on an error, but it was not enough as the game was called after that inning, the Lady Hornets winning 10-3.
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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