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Bowie Lady Rabbits lose 3-1

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5 years ago

09/21/2019

The Bowie Lady Rabbits hosted state ranked Bridgeport on Tuesday in a match they knew would be tough.
Despite the first two sets being close, the Lady Rabbits ran out of gas as they lost 3-1.
The Sissies came in ranked 20th in the state in 4A and had some history with Bowie this season. The Lady Rabbits beat Bridgeport twice at the Godley Tournament back at the end of August when the Sissies were ranked among the top five in the state and had only lost one match previously.
The atmosphere was great as the student section was dressed in some sort of luau theme to help cheer Bowie to victory against Bridgeport for the third time this season.
The first set started well for the Lady Rabbits. They slowly built a subtle 9-6 lead, but the Sissies tied the score at 10-10 and neither team got that type of lead for the rest of the set.
It went back and forth between the two teams as both teams serve-receive and net game were major factors. With Bridgeport having two girls listed at six feet or taller, Bowie knew it would have to challenge them at the net or face some powerful spikes hit down at them.
The Lady Rabbits took a narrow 23-22 lead, but unfortunately the Sissies won the next three points to take the first set 25-23.
Bowie did not start the second set well. After neither team trailed by more than three points in the first set, the Lady Rabbits were down 7-3 early.
Bowie charged back to make the set close and eventually tied the score at 15-15.
After gaining a little bit of a lead for the first time all set 18-17, the Lady Rabbits won seven of the next eight points to close out the set and win 25-18.
After losing a set it should have won and easily closing out the second set, Bowie was feeling good about its chances to win the match if it could carry that momentum forward.
Quickly the Lady Rabbits realized they could not. An innocent 3-2 lead from Bridgeport quickly turned into 13-2 before anyone knew what was happening.
The blocks from Bowie and solid back row play went away. The serve-receive action was a mess. Rallies bounced the Sissies way. Nothing was working.
The Lady Rabbits tried to salvage as much as they could from the rest of the set. The teams played the final points almost even with Bridgeport only holding a 12-11 lead, but the play in the beginning of the set hung over the proceedings as the Sissies won 25-13.
Bowie needed to win the fourth set if it wanted a chance to win the match in the fifth set, but shaking off the memory of the first 15 points from the last set was going to be a mental challenge.
The opening points looked like the Lady Rabbits might be up to the challenge. Bowie held a 6-4 lead after 10 points. Unfortunately, Bridgeport took the lead 11-9 and never looked back. Still leading by a small margin 19-16, the Sissies won six of the next nine points to win the set 25-19 and the match 3-1.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Nocona new press box put into place

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2 days ago

07/20/2024

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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.

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Richey repeats at IFYR

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2 days ago

07/20/2024

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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.

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Youth rodeo awards presented

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2 days ago

07/20/2024

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The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo presented awards for its summer season this week. Tess Egenbacher won the top cowgirl buckle for the 13-18 age division, which was presented to her by Kyle Bishop. (Courtesy photo)

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.