SPORTS
Lady Rabbits lose battle at Ponder
The Bowie Lady Rabbits traveled to Ponder on Friday to be tested by a fierce Lady Lions club.
The Lady Rabbits had their chance to tie the score at the end, but came up short losing 53-50.
Ponder employs an ever present full-court press defense. While similar to what this Bowie team does, the Lady Lions employ constant substitutions to keep their energy up almost every time the ball is dead.
With two teams looking to press the ball full-court, the play was fast and physical. Both teams had some issues offensively to start the game. Ponder made two three-pointers in the quarter and led 11-8, but the second quarter saw both teams start to shoot the ball better.
The Lady Rabbits made a couple three-pointers and started to break the press some. Unfortunately, the Lady Lions would not let their lead slip away, building a 27-21 at halftime.
The third quarter was played at a blistering pace as both teams seemed to score at will. The play was physical and few fouls were called either way that kept the pace at a go-go-go speed.
While Bowie scored 18 points in the quarter it could not catch Ponder. The Lady Lions scored 22 points in the quarter and extended their lead to double-digits 49-39 heading into the final quarter.
The pace slowed to a crawl in the fourth as Ponder went to holding the ball with six minutes to go up 49-42. It worked for most of the quarter as the Lady Lions led 53-44 with 2:41 left to play.
The Lady Rabbits picked up their intensity on defense and started forcing turnovers in the half court. In the final few minutes Bowie scrambled to cut the score to 53-50 with 20 seconds to go.
The Lady Rabbits sent Ponder to the free throw line and the Lady Lions missed. Bowie rebounded the ball and had a chance to tie the game, but struggled to find a good look from three-point range.
Eventually a player put a desperate running floater with five seconds left that would have only counted for two if it went in. It missed and the game was over. The Lady Lions won 53-50.
The Lady Rabbits traveled to Rider earlier in the week before hosting 4A Graham at 2:45 p.m. on Friday.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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