SPORTS
Nocona boys fall to Childress
After winning at Holliday to start off district play, the Nocona Indians knew it was only going to get tougher as they hosted Childress on Tuesday.
In another low scoring affair, the Bobcats pulled away in the fourth quarter to win 42-36 as they took early control of first place in the district.
The first quarter was fast and physical. Midway through the quarter the Indians lost both of their starting post players to foul trouble.
Their bench did a great job as Nocona had a size advantage against the athletic team from Childress.
The Bobcats employed a full-court trap that had their players diving on the ground constantly and just creating havoc.
Even when the Indians broke the press and tried to set up their half court offense, traps would be timed at precisely the right moments to disrupt Nocona from doing what they wanted to do.
Despite several turnovers forced by Childress, it could not convert them into points as the Indians contested every shot. After a fast and intense first quarter, the score was tied at only 5-5.
With all of that physical defense came foul trouble for the Bobcats and free throw trips for Nocona. Half of the team’s points came from free throws, but scoring was still an issue. Childress scored some points late in the quarter to go up 18-13 at halftime.
The third quarter saw the Indians play better. The defense was locked down again and Blake Gauna scored six of the team’s 10 points in the quarter. The Bobcats still had the lead heading into the fourth quarter, but it was only 24-23.
The defensive chaos from the first quarter came back a bit for Childress. Midway through the Bobcats lead was 30-25. That little bit of lead kept Nocona at bay as the final few minutes saw a lot of scoring.
Back-to-back 3-pointers from Childress looked to put the nail in the coffin as the Bobcats were up 40-31 with less than a minute to go. Carter Horn made a three to cut the lead to six and with some free throw misses and a couple more shots, there was still hope for the Indians.
Childress made its free throws and a clean layup from Nocona did not close the gap much as the Bobcats would win 42-36.
After battling at Bowie on Friday, Nocona next hosts City View at 7:15 p.m. on Jan. 28.
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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