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Bowie teen wins big roping event
Bowie teen Allye Stark won her first big roping contest on Oct. 24 at San Agelo’s Roping Fiesta.
Apart of Cody Ohl’s Jr. Calf Roping Championship, Allye won the 15-and-under breakaway roping division, winning a buckle and almost $3,000 in prize money.
Allye, 14-years-old, is the daughter of Deann and Neal Stark who both have spent time roping. It was another family member though that got her interested in trying it.
“I think just watching my brother rope and start his career as a calf roper really influenced me to want to do it,” Allye said.
Brother Clay is taking a break from rodeo as he attends college, but Allye has taken up that reign and is already reaping the rewards thanks to a childhood growing up on a ranch and parental coaching.
“Her daddy has been her coach,” Deann said. “He’s the one that’s back there helping her with her mental game.”
This year the Stark’s decided to home school Allye to allow a more flexible schedule so she can practice and compete more with her dad, who works out of town sometimes during the week. Deann is a school councilor at Bowie High School.
Like all rodeo events, hours of practice and travel all come down to only a couple of seconds to execute. With roping, success is either attained or not within two to four seconds at high levels of competition.
Dealing with the highs and lows of competition where certain aspects, mainly the two other animals at play, are out of your control takes a lot of mental toughness.
“The failures that come with it, a lot of people quit before it ever gets better,” Allye said. “I think that’s what’s so hard about it is you have to fail before you can succeed.”
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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