SPORTS
Nocona loses to Peaster in bi-district
The Nocona Lady Indians’ season came to an end on Tuesday as they played Peaster in the bi-district round at Chico.
The match went to five sets where the Lady Greyhounds came out on top in the end, winning the final two sets.
The first set saw Peaster make its move midway through the set. An 8-7 lead grew to 13-7, a margin the Lady Indians just could not make up. The Lady Greyhounds won the first set 25-17 to take an early lead.
The second set was much more competitive. The teams were tied at 10-10 and Nocona led by the smallest margin 18-17 a little later. The Lady Indians then won four of the next five points to open the lead to 22-18. From there, Nocona closed out the set strong 25-20 to tie the match up.
The third set saw the Lady Indians slowly build a lead early 9-6. Peaster closed the gap to 13-12 and eventually tied the score at 20-20. Nocona was able to close things out down the stretch to win 25-23, taking a 2-1 lead.
The fourth set was a frustrating one for the Lady Indians. The Lady Greyhounds took an early lead and would not relinquish it. Nocona never let the lead grow more than three points and several times, cutting the lead to 21-19 as the set wound down.
Unfortunately, the Lady Greyhounds won five of the next six points to close out the set 25-20, forcing a fifth and final set.
The two teams were tied at 4-4 early on. Peaster won the next two points to lead 6-4 and the Lady Indians struggled to make up that margin. Still trailing by two, 9-7, the Lady Greyhounds extended their lead to four, 11-7. With only so few points left, Nocona would need to go on a run to start making up the points.
It would not come to pass as the Lady Indians lost 15-9 to lose the fifth set and the match, ending their season.
Coach Tiffany Clay was not happy with the result as her team had aspirations of trying to get to the regional tournament this year after falling a game short last season.
“I hate that our season ended earlier than what we had expected, but these girls grew so much during the season,” Clay said. “We faced and played through so many injuries and they always seemed to rise above the adversity.”
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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