SPORTS
Bowie baseball plays in first tourney
The Bowie baseball team played in its first tournament last week in the ACS tournament.
The Jackrabbits went 2-2 during two days of competition with a good beginning and end.
Bowie started the tournament playing Muenster on Thursday. The game was tight throughout as the Hornets held a small lead for most of the game. Up 4-2 heading into the bottom of the fifth inning, the Jackrabbits reeled off five runs to win 7-4.
Highlights included Kawlyer Swearingin driving in two runs on a double to give Bowie its lead in that final inning.
After lunch that same day the Jackrabbits played Paradise. Things did not go their way. The Wildcats scored two runs or more in every inning. Seven free bases and nine hits allowed 13 runs to be scored for Paradise while Bowie’s bats never got going. The Wildcats would win 13-0 in four innings.
The Jackrabbits started the next day playing private school Covenant Christian Academy. It was a frustrating game for Bowie as it left eight runners on base during the game and failing to score for the second time in two day.
The Cougars made the most of their opportunities scoring runs in three innings and winning 6-0. Highlights included Colton Richey having multiple hits in the game including the only extra base hit for the Jackrabbits on a double.
Bowie ended the tournament playing Seymour. The two teams exploded offensively in the first inning, combining to score 12 runs as the Panthers led 7-5. After exchanging runs in the second, the Jackrabbits tied the scored 8-8 in the third inning.
Seymour would take back the lead in the fourth inning scoring one run, but Swearingin would give Bowie the lead for good right after, driving in two runs on a single. The Jackrabbits would hold on to win in the next inning 10-9.
Besides Swearingin, highlights included Colton Richey driving in three runs on a triple. Logan Hutson came in for relief and allowed only one run and struck out five in four innings of work.
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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