SPORTS
Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost a heartbreaker at City View on Friday as the Mustangs won in the final seconds with a layup putting them ahead to win 44-43.
Nocona started out the game in control as they handled City View’s press good enough while playing inside-out on offense. The Indians led 23-17 at halftime.
Nocona still had the lead heading into the fourth quarter 33-29, but it was too small to feel comfortable.
Play went back and forth in the final period. The Indians lead was 43-42 in the final minute when the Mustangs scored on a layup with 11 seconds left in the game.
The Indians had one more chance to take back the lead, but a turnover against City View’s press crushed that chance, giving the Mustangs the win.
The loss drops the Indians to fifth place, one game behind Henrietta and Holliday. If Nocona won at home against the Bearcats on Tuesday, it could set up a play-in game later this week for the final playoff spot in the district.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers hosted Bellevue in their final home game of the season on Friday.
The Panthers won by a comfortable margin 64-51 as the Panthers locked in finishing no lower than second in district play.
Coach Lyndon Cook liked the way his team played overall.
“We had guys locked in defensively and making shots for us to take a 36-19 lead at half,” Cook said. “The second half was less comfortable as Bellevue did a great job fighting us for everything, but the seniors on this team have been here before and did a great job keeping them at a distance the rest of the way.”
The Panthers do not know who they will play yet in the bi-district round, but do have plans to play a tune-up game at Electra at 6 p.m. on Feb. 21.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns played their final game of the season on Friday at home against Midway.
The Longhorns could not send the fans home with a win as the playoff bound Falcons won 59-33.
It was a close first half as Forestburg kept pace with Midway, having a great second quarter to cut the lead to one 21-20 heading into halftime.
The Falcons got hot in the third quarter from deep, making four 3-pointers while the Longhorns struggled. Midway outscored Forestburg 18-4 in the quarter to get a big lead.
While the Longhorns were able to get to the free throw line a bit in the fourth quarter, it was not enough to make up any ground as five different Falcons scored in the final period.
Going forward, Coach Eldon Van Hooser hopes the team can improve in all facets with the district not getting any easier for the next two years.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears faced state-ranked and district champ Slidell in their final home game of the season on Friday.
The Bears fell to the state power and defending state champions 79-20 as the young team had trouble keeping up with the high powered offense of the Greyhounds.
Gold-Burg scored 10 points in the first quarter in what could have been a great start, but Slidell scored 29 points as well.
The Greyhounds kept their foot on the gas pedal the next two quarters while the Bears struggled, before easing up in the fourth quarter. Gold-Burg outscored them 6-4, but it did not make much of difference in the final.
Gold-Burg finished its season on the road at Bellevue on Tuesday night. Look in the weekend paper to see how the Bears did.
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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