SPORTS
Bowie boys lose on the road
The Bowie Jackrabbits faced its first road district test on Tuesday as they traveled to Holliday.
The Eagles pulled away in the second half on their way to beating the Jackrabbits 47-28.
The first half was competitive as Bowie tried its best to keep Holliday’s size from dominating the game. The Jackrabbits made some shots and were within range to make a run heading into halftime down 22-16.
Some halftime adjustments turned the game. The Eagles switched from their man-to-man defense to a two-three zone. Combined with their superior size and length, Bowie did not handle the change well.
Early in the third quarter, the lead grew for Holliday. Combined with the home crowd fans enthusiasm, the lead felt like more than it actually was. The Jackrabbits were down double-digits 36-24 heading into the final quarter.
Bowie needed to change something up. The team started to trap all over the floor. Unfortunately, the Eagles did a good job countering this by getting the ball ahead of the traps to their top scorer Tucker Strealy.
Last year’s district most valuable player, Strealy was able to finish through pursuing defenders as he scored a game high 25 points.
The lead continued to grow as the Jackrabbits offense could not make up any ground, only scoring four points in the fourth quarter. Holliday would win 47-28.
After playing a Nocona team on Friday that is expected to give them a much better run than last year, the Jackrabbits will travel to Henrietta to play at 7:30 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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