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Prairie Valley hosts cross country meet

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5 years ago

09/28/2019

Prairie Valley hosted its cross country meet on Wednesday with runners from seven schools in the high school divisions taking part.
The host saw both the boy’s and girl’s teams finishing third overall while Bellevue boys finished fifth in team results The Lady Eagles brought three girls and Gold-Burg brought two boys to compete as individuals.
The Lady Bulldogs had Shelby Roof finish seventh overall with a time of 15:44 to lead the team. Among Prairie Valley’s top five runners include Hailey Winkler finishing in 16th place, Karagan Ritchie finishing 19th, Molly Gilleland finishing 22nd and Emily Carpenter finishing 26th.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter felt her girls did well and many improved their times from last week, while also noting the heat was a challenge for all runners.
The Bulldogs top runner was Tyler Winkler, who finished third overall with a time of 21:12. Counting Winkler, the top five runners for Prairie Valley included Tyler Reid finishing 10th, Michael Cole in 14th place, Isaac Yeargin finishing 21st, and Konner Ritchie in 23rd place.
Coach Seth Stephens liked how his team ran despite the conditions.
“It was a really hot day to be running,” Stephens said. “I was really proud of how our guys ran and battled in the heat. I think it may have been the largest meet we’ve had here at Prairie Valley. We had 13 teams total in high school and junior high.”
The Bellevue boy’s team had Terrance Perry finish first for the team in 15th place with a time of 24:18. Among the top five finishers for the Eagles were Jacob Eckenberger finishing right behind Perry in 16th place, Zak Smith finishing 26th, Sam Innes finishing 27th and Gonzalo Martin finishing 33rd.
The Lady Eagles saw Sky-Lar Embry finish third overall with a time of 15:00. Austin Ford finished 14th and Cecille Fieldborg finished 31st. For Gold-Burg, Gideon Hellinger finished 24th with a time of 28:07 and Zach Sanders finished 30th.

For full results from all of the runners on these teams, 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.