SPORTS
Lady Indians coast to bi-district win
The Nocona Lady Indians made quick work of Tolar in their bi-district playoff game Monday night at Springtown.
The Lady Indians took it to the Lady Rattlers, winning by a big margin 57-22.
Nocona did not wait long to establish itself as the dominant team. The Lady Indians pushed the ball in transition as they got several stops early. Four players scored at least one basket including Averee Kleinhans scoring 10 points.
Nocona led 19-5 heading to the second quarter.
In the second quarter Tolar did a good job of getting the ball in the paint and drawing fouls, but it was not at the same pace as the Lady Indians. Nocona scored 14 points from the free throw line in the quarter as its lead continued to grow.
At one point the frustration from the Lady Rattlers grew to the point that a player got ejected from the game for throwing a punch.
It turns out she was the player the Lady Indians were targeting to stop. Nocona led 40-13 at halftime.
Coach Kyle Spitzer said the team made some adjustments at halftime and did a better job of keeping Tolar off the free throw line. The Lady Rattlers scored only nine points and attempted four free throws in the second half.
The scoring cooled for the Lady Indians in the second half as well as they held the ball and drove not quite as hard or as frequent into the paint with the game in hand. Nocona scored 13 points in the third quarter and emptied its bench in the fourth quarter, scoring only four points from free throws.
The Lady Indians would win 57-22.
The road ahead looks like it might be similar to last year. If Nocona can get past Merkel for the second straight year in the area round on Friday, the Lady Indians are likely to meet state-ranked Brock in the regional quarterfinals as well.
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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