SPORTS
Track athletes compete at state on Friday
Five area athletes are competing at the state track meet on May 10 in Austin.
The first athlete who will compete that day is Daniel Mosley from Bowie in the shot put at 9:30 a.m. Mosely won the regional meet with a throw of 49-10, but his farthest throw of the year was 51 feet.
Five athletes threw 50 feet or more at regionals, with the leader throwing a little more than 52 feet. Mosley will need his best day for a chance to come away with a medal in a closely packed field.
Not long after Mosley starts, Bowie’s Logan Lawhorn will compete in the high jump at 10 a.m. Lawhorn comes in as the wildcard as his career best 6-5 jump at regionals got him third place, but was better than any other third place jumper in the state.
Eight of the nine jumpers jumped anywhere between 6-4 and 6-6 at the regional meet. The only one who didn’t jumped 6-9 and is the favorite. If Lawhorn can equal his best jump or even break it, it might be enough to get a medal in another closely packed field.
The next athlete scheduled to compete is Bellevue’s FreeDom Morris in the high jump. Morris jumped 4-10 at the regional meet, but will need to break the five foot mark if she wants a chance to compete for a medal.
Five girls in the field jumped five foot or better at the regional meet, but the state meet is a fickle event in an atmosphere unlike anything these athletes have competed in before.
Zach Bradley from Forestburg is scheduled to compete in the shot put at 3:30 p.m.
The junior is making his second appearance at the state meet, winning regionals with a throw of 47-9¼. Bradley and his Coach Cori Hayes have been shooting for 50 feet or more all year, but have so far only done it in practice.
With four of the top distances in the field throwing 50 feet or more, they have been focusing on trying to achieve that and letting the chips fall where they may.
The final athlete to compete will be Nocona’s Tyler Richards in the 400 meter race at 8:15 p.m. Richards finished only a few hudredths of a second faster than third place at the regional meet to get second with his best time of 49.66.
He will need his best time as the race is about as open as it could.
Going off of regional times, the field of nine finished anywhere from 49.75 to 48.94. It is anyone’s race.
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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