SPORTS
Indians win game at home 50-41
The Nocona Indians picked up a solid win on Tuesday at home against Iowa Park.
A good second quarter allowed the Indians to get a little of a lead in the second half the Hawks could not make up as Nocona won 50-41.
Coming off of a tough three game losing squid from the Franklin tournament, the Indians needed a good win to get them back on track before heading into their next tournament.
The first quarter saw Nocona come out sharp on offense and led 8-4 after three minutes. Iowa Park was physical and relentless and came back to tie the score at 14-14 heading into the second quarter.
The Indians’ offense kept up its steady pace with great cuts to the basket for close shots. The defense stifled the Hawks for most of the quarter as close contested shots around the basket just would not go in. Nocona led 26-19 at halftime.
Wanting to grow the lead and not let Iowa Park get a full head of steam to make up the difference, the Indians came out of halftime looking great. Nocona scored six points in the first two minutes and led 32-21. The Indians were able to keep that margin for the rest of the quarter as the fourth quarter came and Nocona led 40-29.
The Hawks upped their defensive intensity on the ball. Iowa Park crawled back into the game, but time was running out. After a steal and a layup from the Hawks cut the lead to 44-39 with less than two minutes to go, things looked like they might become dicey for the Indians.
Nocona’s back-up point guard limped off the floor after trying to come back in earlier. Starting point guard Landry McCasland was gassed and beat up from trying to navigate the physical pressure in the second half. Some of the younger and unproven players from the bench had to come in late and contributed in a big way.
With Iowa Park feeling like the momentum in their favor, the Indians broke through the pressure and found Adam Meekins open ahead of the press. The sophomore off the bench knocked in a three-pointer to make it an eight point game 47-39 with a little more than a minute to go that essentially iced the game.
Nocona closed out the game from there with some free throws and good defense to win relatively comfortably 50-41.
The Indians next play at the Jacksboro tournament as they get ready to close out strong before the winter break. Nocona hosts Era at 6:15 p.m. on Dec. 17.
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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