SPORTS
Montague County athletes compete at regional tennis tournament
The regional tennis tournaments across the state took place on April 18-19 for athletes in Montague County.
Players from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo had qualified for the regional tournament by finishing in the top two at the district meet. To make it to the state meet, they would need to finish in the top two again.
While none of the athletes ended up qualifying for the state meet, the boy’s doubles team from Saint Jo got close. Logan Morman and Connor Thompson ended up finishing third at the 1A Region III meet at Whitney High School.
With both boys being juniors and accomplished in their own rights in several other sports, Coach Charlie Pittman has high hopes for what they can accomplish next year.
Saint Jo also had senior Jayla Thomas competing in girls singles. She wound up finishing fourth overall in her final high school tennis tournament.
For both Bowie and Nocona, their players had a bit more trouble at the 3A Region I meet at Abilene.
Bowie’s mixed doubles team of Victor Tran and Camberley Gunter made it to the second round as well as the girl’s singles play Jacqueline Hanna.
Tran and Gunter were able to win a third set thriller against a team from Coleman in the first round. Unfortunately, they were then matched up against the No. 1 seed from Canadian and lost.
Hanna also had to win a tight third set in the first round against a girl from Jim Ned. Her ride came to an end in the second round as she lost to a girl from Crane.
Bowie’s boy’s doubles team of Spencer Hopson and Zachary Logan ride came to an end earlier.
Playing a team from Coahoma, the match went into the third set. Hopson and Logan could not pull it through as they lost the third set.
With all three boys being seniors, Coach David Hall is going to miss them next year, but is appreciative of how much all three have brought to the program.
Rachel Patrick competed in girl’s singles for Nocona. Competing against a girl from Canadian, Patrick lost in three sets.
After losing the first set 6-1, Patrick rallied in the second set, winning the contested set 6-4. Unfortunately, the third set was not pretty as Patrick would end up losing 6-1.With Patrick being a senior, Coach Tiffany Clay is going to miss what she has brought to the Nocona tennis program for four years.
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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