SPORTS
Nocona teams play at Childress
The Nocona basketball teams made the two-hour bus ride to Childress on Friday with differing results.
The Lady Indians won their most decisive game against the Lady Cats 47-36 to guarantee sole possession of the district title for the second straight year.
The Indians could not give the Bobcats their first district loss as they fell 65-51.
The Nocona girls knew it was going to be a battle as every game against Childress has gone down to the wire. With the Lady Cats playing for a chance of a share of the district title and to avenge the overtime loss at Nocona earlier in district, things were expected to be close.
Childress came out firing and held a 22-17 lead at halftime as the Lady Indians struggled a bit from the free throw line.
Like it has happened throughout district play, Nocona made some halftime adjustments and turned the game around in the second half. The Lady Indians only allowed 14 total points all half as they won 47-36.
For the Nocona boy’s team, playing the athletic, aggressive and undefeated Childress team on the road was going to be a big challenge.
The Bobcats press defense is never more potent than when they have energy at the beginning. Childress led 18-10 after the first quarter. The Indians could not make up any ground before heading into halftime with the Bobcats up 34-22.
Nocona continued to struggle to make up any of the lead as Childress knocked in shots from the perimeter while getting to the free throw line 21 times compared to the Indians 10. The Bobcats would win 65-51.
The Lady Indians bi-district playoff game will be on either Feb. 17-18.
The Indians next play at City View at 7 p.m. on Feb. 14.
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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