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Bowie loses to Peaster in bi-district

Published

4 years ago

10/31/2020

The Bowie Lady Rabbits season came to an end on Thursday night in their bi-district playoff game against Peaster.
The state-ranked Lady Greyhounds won in straight sets 3-0 against the Lady Rabbits, who came in as underdogs.
The young Bowie team had a bad case of nerves to start the match. The first set never got going for the Lady Rabbits, as Peaster’s front line and serving left Bowie constantly on the defensive. The Lady Greyhounds won the set easily 25-13.
The Lady Rabbits started the second set off on a better note. They trailed only 8-7 after 15 points and were playing Peaster point-to-point.
The Lady Greyhounds got on another streak to up their lead to 15-10 and then 19-11. Bowie fought back to cut the lead to 23-17, but no miracle comeback would save the second set for the Lady Rabbits. Peaster won the set 25-17 to go up 2-0.
Many teams have broken down facing match set in a playoff game. With the thought of the season coming to an end looking more and more certain, especially with the other team holding a two-set lead, emotions can start to leak out during this time.
There would be none of that from Bowie. The third set was saw some of the best extended sequences from the Lady Rabbits all season.
Bowie played point-to-point with the Lady Greyhounds for almost the entire third set.
The teams were tied at 10-10, 15-15, with Peaster leading only 21-19 as the set neared its conclusion.
Long rallies and miracle saves came from both teams all set, but the ball bounced the way of the Lady Greyhounds more often as that small lead grew. Peaster finished the set strong, winning with the score 25-21 to win the match 3-0.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

SPORTS

Nocona new press box put into place

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2 days ago

07/20/2024

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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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2 days ago

07/20/2024

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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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2 days ago

07/20/2024

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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.