SPORTS
Nocona boys lose Holliday rematch 52-39
The Nocona Indians started the second round of district at home against Holliday on a disappointing note.
The Indians fell behind early and never could catch the Eagles, losing 52-39.
Nocona came into the game needing a pick me up. After a promising 2-1 start to district, the Indians lost their next two games by one point each to City View and Henrietta. Having beat the big and physical Holliday team at the Eagles gym before in a close game, it was going to be a tough game from the start for Nocona to beat the Eagles a second time.
The Indians did not start the game well. Holliday’s big and long team inside got baskets at the rim and grinded out second chances while not giving Nocona anywhere to breath on offense.
The Eagles were up 9-0 midway through the first quarter. One of the Indians top players senior post Jason Sparkman picked up two quick fouls that force Coach Colby Schniederjan to sit him the rest of the half.
Nocona did eventually score, but trailed 13-5 heading into the second quarter.
The Indians got a brief spark in the first minute. Adam Meekins came off the bench and scored five quick points to cut the lead to 13-10. Unfortunately, that would be as close Nocona would get for the rest of the half.
Holliday continued to grind things out and pulled away a little bit at a time. The Indians scored only six more points in the quarter and trailed 25-16 at halftime.
Nocona got Sparkman back to start the third quarter. The Indians stayed within range at 30-22, but fell further behind in the second half of the quarter. Nocona closed the quarter well, but still trailed 37-27 heading into the fourth.
The Indians made a late run in the quarter to get the lead below double-digits, trailing 43-35 with less than two minutes to play. Nocona sent pressure to try and force Holliday to do anything but hold the ball. The Eagles broke through the press and did a good job of knocking in their free throws.
This allowed Holliday to close the game on a 9-4 run, making the final score 52-39.
The Indians next host rival Bowie at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 11.
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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