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Indians win play-in game
The Nocona Indians basketball team fought for their season on Friday night in a play-in game against Henrietta for the final playoff spot in the district at Chico.
The Indians came through, beating the Bearcats for the second time last week by the score of 44-34.
Nocona knew it would be a tough game. While it had beaten Henrietta only three days earlier at home by 16 points, the Bearcats also had come back to win in the final seconds by one in the team’s first matchup in January.
In the third game, there was nothing either team had left to hide and it came down to who made shots and executed its gameplan better.
The Indians did not let Henrietta’s press affect them. Nocona ran its halfcourt sets and got points inside from post player Jason Sparkman and point guard Landry McCasland driving to the hoop.
Shots from outside went in as Carter Horn and Blake Gauna knocked in 3-pointers as well as the Indians got a bit of a lead 12-8 to get the team on the right track.
In the second quarter the Bearcats started to make shots from outside, making three 3-pointers during the quarter, but they did not have much luck scoring any other ways.
Nocona made a couple of 3-pointers as well, but really started to get to the free throw line, making five of its six attempts and building its lead. The Indians led 25-18 heading into halftime.
Nocona’s lead reached double-digits at one point in the third quarter, but Henrietta made its big run to cut the lead down to six points.
The Indians did not flinch as it got points inside the arc from Sparkman, Horn and Lyndon Fenoglio to not let the Bearcats get any closer.
Nocona led 35-26 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Indians ran clock at every opportunity and forced Henrietta to foul them and send them to the free throw line.
Nocona did not shoot great from the line, shooting just better than 50 percent but made nine of its 17 attempts to stay in front.
Cautious of any late run from the Bearcats that would come like the first game, the Indians closed the game out in solid fashion to win 44-34.
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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