SPORTS
Athletes compete at state track meet
Athletes from the Montague County area competed at the state track meet on Friday at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.
While there was the threat of rain all day, it mostly held off, but the conditions were mildly windy and chilly for May in the morning to comfortable in the afternoon.
Bowie’s Daniel Mosley competed in the 3A boy’s shot put in the morning. His longest throw of the day went 49-8 and he finished eighth overall. A couple of his later throws looked like they had potential to be farther, but Mosley scratched on these attempts.
Bowie’s Logan Lawhorn started the 3A boy’s high jump. Either the conditions or the big stage led everyone in the field to undercrofts. Lawhorn finished tied for seventh place as he jumped 6-2.
At noon, Bellevue’s FreeDom Morris competed in the 1A girl’s high jump. The conditions were better as the eventual winner from Westbrook would go on to set the 1A state record.
No girls missed any jumps until the 4-10 height. On her third attempt and refusing to be the first girl out, Morris made the height on her final attempt. It equaled the height she jumped at the regional meet to qualify for the state meet.
Along with two other competitors, Morris failed to make the next height. Because she had missed more on the previous attempts, she finished behind the two girls in ninth place.
In the early afternoon, Forestburg’s Zach Bradley competed in the 1A boy’s shot put. Even with his second time competing at state, Bradley was still nervous.
He improved both his distance and placing from last year, finishing sixth with a long throw of 46-6. With four of the five competitors who finished in front of him graduating, Bradley is looking forward to next year.
The last athlete to compete that day was Nocona’s Tyler Richards. Competing in the 3A boy’s 400 meter race after the sun had gone down, Richards did not have his best day.
He finished ninth overall with a time of 52.46 seconds.
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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