SPORTS
Nocona Lady Indians play Bridgeport
The Nocona Lady Indians softball team played a double header on Friday at Bridgeport.
Against the tough Lady Blues, Nocona lost both games by double digits as the games got out of hand real quick.
The Lady Indians had good first innings in both games to take an early lead. In the first game, Nocona was able to load the bases with one out when Kycelynn Contreras drove in two runs with a line drive single to left field.
Next batter, Taylor Richards, hit a double to left field to score another run. After her Laramie Hayes grounded out to second base, but it was enough to drive in Richards on third. The Lady Indians were up 4-0 before everything happened.
Bridgeport scored three runs in retaliation and eventually took the lead as costly errors and free bases allowed the Lady Blues to put up a constant stream of runs every inning. After a good first inning offensively, Nocona struggled for the rest of the game. Only two more base hits and a smattering of walks and hit batters was all the Lady Indians could muster as they lost 16-4.
The second game started much like the first as Nocona had another great first inning. Karlee Keck drove in a run with a triple to center field. Next batter Contreras drove her in with a single to left field.
After another base hit, Hayes hit the team’s second triple of the inning to right field to clear the bases. The Lady Indians led 4-0 again before the Lady Blues had even taken an at-bat, but the lead would stay a bit longer.
Bridgeport answered with only one run in the first inning. Nocona loaded the bases, but failed to score in the second inning while the Lady Blues cut the lead to 4-3 with a two RBI single.
The Lady Indians were able to get two base runners on with one out in the third inning thanks to a fielding error and a drawn walk. They were able to execute a double steal to get both runners in scoring position.
Next batter Laney Yates was able to drive in a run by grounding out to first base. That was followed by Jenna McBride driving in the other runner with a single to give Nocona a 6-3 lead.
Unfortunately, it was followed by a huge offensive inning for Bridgeport as the Lady Blues scored nine runs, going up 12-6 after three innings played. The Lady Indians could not respond as Bridgeport added two more runs in the fourth inning before the game was called in the fifth inning with the final score 14-6.
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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