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Basketball Roundup
Prairie Valley vs Gold-Burg boys
The Prairie Valley boy’s basketball team hosted Gold-Burg on Friday in what would turn out to be a happy homecoming game for the Bulldogs.
Prairie Valley shot the roof off the gym on its way to beating the Bears 87-18, led by a great shooting performance from Nicholas Bell. The senior made 13 3-pointers to score a season high 43 points.
Teammates Isaac Yeargin and Tyler Winkler each scored in double-figures as well, with Yeargin scoring all 12 of his points from 3-pointers and Winkler scoring 11 points.
With the Bulldogs scoring 32 points in the first quarter, the Bears just did not have enough fire power to keep up with the hot shooting.
Leading scorers for Gold-Burg were Jack Henry, Kani Grace and Jacob Reno who all scored four points for the game.
Both teams finish up the first round of district play on Jan. 24. Prairie Valley will host district leader Slidell at 7 p.m. and Gold-Burg will host Bellevue at 7 p.m.
Bellevue vs Forestburg girls
The Bellevue Lady Eagles hosted Forestburg on Friday to close out the first round of district play.
The Lady Eagles press defense was too much for the Lady Horns for most of the game as Bellevue would win 61-10.
Sky-Lar Embry led all scorers with 25 points while her teammates Kaylee Trail and Austin Ford each added 15 points.
The young Forestburg team wanted to try and get the ball into the post, but the Lady Eagles ferocious press did not allow the Lady Horns to get that chance too much.
Bellevue next plays at Gold-Burg at 6 p.m. on Jan. 24. Forestburg next hosts Saint Jo at 6 p.m. on Jan. 28.
Prairie Valley vs Gold-Burg girls
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs hosted Gold-Burg on Friday as part of the homecoming festivities.
The Lady Bulldogs sent their fans home happy as they won 49-10 against a depleted Lady Bears team, who suited up five players.
The Lady Bulldogs were led by Shelby Roof finishing with a double-double, scoring 13 points and swiping 13 steals. Emily Carpenter also had a double-double, scoring 12 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. Molly Gilleland also scored in double figures as she scored 10 points.
For the Lady Bears, Taylor Lyons led the team with seven points.
Prairie Valley next plays district favorite Slidell at home on Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. Gold-Burg hosts Bellevue at 6 p.m. on Jan. 21.
Saint Jo boys
The Saint Jo Panthers traveled to Slidell on Friday to play the defending state champions and district facorites.
The Greyhounds showed why they are favorites as they beat the Panthers 59-34. Despite the loss, Coach Lyndon Cook was able to take away some positives.
Logan Morman led the team with 12 points while Connor Thompson added 10 points. It was Saint Jo’s first loss in district so far and if the team wants to keep it that way, it will have to go through two tough teams this week to end the first round that way.
The Panthers played at Bellevue earlier in the week and host Midway at 7 p.m. on Jan. 24.
Saint Jo girls
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers traveled to undefeated and state-ranked Slidell on Friday.
The Lady Panthers struggled to score against the mighty Lady Greyhounds as Slidell won 65-9.
With the first round of district play done Coach Taylor Klement knows her team can play better in some of the winnable games.
Saint Jo travels to tough Bellevue earlier in the week before hosting Midway at 6 p.m. on Jan. 24.
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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