SPORTS
Jackrabbits win at Iowa Park
The Bowie Jackrabbits completed their first week with some up and down results.
The Jackrabbits dropped their first game of the season against Grandview 58-42 thanks to a big third quarter from the Zebras, but got their first win on Tuesday at Iowa Park on the back of a strong pressure defense 50-19.
Bowie opened against Grandview on Nov. 16 at Lipan. Even with some of the Zebras missing due football, the Jackrabbits were still at a size disadvantage.
The game was close in the first half with Grandview holding a narrow 22-19 lead. The game was broken open in the third quarter when the Zebras offense more than doubled their points to go up 46-27. Bowie could not make up the ground in the third quarter despite outscoring Grandview. The final score was 58-42.
Bowie bounced back as it traveled to Iowa Park on Tuesday. Both teams came out and could not buy a basket in the first half. The Jackrabbits defense did a good job of not allowing many good looks for the Hawks while Bowie just could not knock down open shots or finish around the rim.
The Jackrabbits still led 15-6 at halftime and did not seem worried they were going to lose, but they still needed to play better.
The press defense from Bowie picked up its intensity in the second half. This allowed some easy transition points which in turn got the offense rolling.
The Jackrabbits doubled their points in the third quarter while allowing only three points from Iowa Park. Bowie led 30-9 heading into the fourth quarter. With the game in hand, the Jackrabbits wanted to finish the game strong.
The game picked up for both teams in the fourth quarter. The 30 combined points scored in the quarter almost equaled the 39 combined points in the first three quarters.
Bowie extended its lead in the quarter as the energy at the end of the game was dwarfed the energy both teams played with to start the game. The Jackrabbits won big 50-19 to pick up their first win of the season.
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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