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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians win against Breckinridge on Saturday kept them tied at the top of the district standings with a 3-0 record.
The Lady Indians won in straight sets against the winless in-district Lady Buckaroos.
Nocona controlled all of the sets with scores of 25-10, 25-16 and 25-19.
Averee Kleinhans led the team with 15 kills. Sydni Messer led the team with 20 assists and seven kills. Laramie Hayes had eight service aces as the team wracked up 18 in the match.
Coach Tanya Samples thought her team played well enough to get the job done and especially liked what she saw from the team in the first set.
The team will get tested this week playing Holliday earlier in the week before hosting district rival Bowie at home on Friday. The match is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. on Sept. 25.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers battled but came up short against Poolville at home on Friday.
The 2A Lady Monarchs won in straight sets, though the Lady Panthers made them work for two of the sets.
The first set was competitive with the teams tied at 15-15. Unfortunately, Poolville pulled away at the end to win 25-21.
The second set played out similarly to the first set. Saint Jo hung right with the Lady Monarchs, who led 18-17. From there it was all Poolville as it won seven of the next eight points to win the set 25-18.
The third set was not as close after the opening 10 points. The Lady Monarchs led 13-7 and never looked back as they won the set 25-14 to win the match.
Kayden Skidmore led the team with seven kills, Kaitline Harris with six assists and Kassidy Pitman with seven digs.
Coach Charlie Hamilton knew it was going to be tough playing another 2A team. She had her team trying to work on certain things to get ready for the other 1A schools.
The 1A part of district comes this week as Saint Jo plays at Graford at 5 p.m. on Sept. 25.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won in Harrold on Saturday in straight sets.
The Lady Bulldogs took care of the Lady Hornets despite a slow start and dealing with the smaller than normal gym with scores of 25-17, 25-5 and 25-18.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 15 kills and added 11 assists. Veronica Gutierrez led the team with 12 assists, Briana Harris had five service aces and Hailey Winkler had 19 digs.
Coach Jeannie Carpenter had little to complain about how her team played overall.
Prairie Valley has some tough competition coming up against 2A teams in the district. The Lady Bulldogs host Windthorst at 10 a.m. on Sept. 26.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears won in Electra on Saturday.
It took four sets, but the Lady Bears were in control most of the match with its aggressive serving and the ever improving net game.
Gold-Burg won the first two sets with scores 25-15 and 25-21. The Lady Tigers came back to win set three 25-19, but the Lady Bears took care of business in set four to win 25-20.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh liked how her team played and responded to her instruction to keep attacking.
Gold-Burg has a tough 2A district game next as it hosts Archer City at 10 a.m. on Sept. 26.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns tried their best to match up against 2A power Lindsay on Friday at home, but came up short.
The Lady Horns lost in straight sets as the big and accomplished Lady Knights won with set scores of 25-5, 25-12 and 25-9.
Katie Willett led the team with three kills. Faith Moore had a team high eight digs as she and Willett each had two assists as well. Kendal Cross and Keeleigh Burnam each had one service ace apiece.
Despite the loss, Coach Cori Hayes thought his team played well in certain areas despite being overmatched and will look to do better against 1A competition.
Forestburg next plays at fellow 1A competitor Perrin-Whitt at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 25.

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Nocona new press box put into place

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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.

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Richey repeats at IFYR

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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.

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Youth rodeo awards presented

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The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo presented awards for its summer season this week. Tess Egenbacher won the top cowgirl buckle for the 13-18 age division, which was presented to her by Kyle Bishop. (Courtesy photo)

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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