SPORTS
Lady Rabbits hang with Decatur
The Bowie Lady Rabbits hosted 4A state-ranked Decatur on Tuesday fresh off their performance at the Whataburger holiday tournament.
The Lady Rabbits kept the game close throughout the game, but chasing the Lady Eagles all game and not being able to secure the lead after the first quarter led to Decatur winning 41-34.
Bowie did not feature their press defense in the game, which was carried over from the tournament where Coach Joe Crabb thought his team played better in its half-court zone defense.
The first quarter got off to a slow start. The Lady Rabbits tried to keep the bigger Lady Eagles out of the paint with their zone. Decatur initially featured a half-court trapping style defense that produced some turnovers and baskets. Bowie trailed 13-9 after the first quarter.
Bowie’s defense picked up for the rest of the game as the team’s active hands forced many turnovers from the Decatur team. Not many of the turnovers led to chances in transition.
The Lady Rabbits got the score within one point 16-15 with two minutes to go. A bad turnover and a three-pointer from the Lady Eagles made the score 19-15 heading into halftime.
Things continued on a slow scoring pace in the third quarter. Bowie’s defense continued to force turnovers, but Decatur did a good job of limiting any shots from the perimeter.
The Lady Rabbits were forced to drive into the lane where contesting defenders from the Lady Eagles sat with hands in the air. Free throws were only seldom rewarded for either side.
Bowie cut the score within two points 24-22 sometime in the third quarter, but just could not get over the hump. Decatur led 30-26 heading into the final quarter.
The Lady Eagles started to pull away a little bit with made three-pointers and better interior passing in the fourth quarter. Decatur led 37-28 with just four minutes left.
The Lady Rabbits started to full-court press to try and make stuff happen as time wound down. With all five starters playing anywhere from 25 to 31 minutes in the game, Bowie just could not summon the chaotic energy it needed to come back.
In the end, the Lady Eagles won 41-34.
Bowie next plays at Lindsay at 6:15 p.m. on Jan. 7 in its final non-district game.
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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