SPORTS
Local teens competed at junior worlds
Montague County had three girls compete at the Mike and Sherrylynn Johnson’s Tuffest Jr. World Championship in Tulsa, OK. last week.
The rodeo took place on Dec. 10-14. Seventeen-year-old Bowie native Andy Shae Nored and 15-year-old Nocona residents Tomi Womack and Charli Snow all competed in the 19-and-under barrel racing event at the rodeo.
In a field that had more than 80 competitors with little room for error, all three unfortunately fell short of making it to the final go rounds.
Against some of the best riders in an event that can go down to a thousandth of a second, it wasn’t enough from three of Montague County’s finest.
“I came back high seventh on the short go,” Nored said. “My first two runs were really good. The short go did not go as planned. That pretty much sums it up.”
Nored had hoped her horse Buddy was going to be in good enough condition following some health issues this fall. Unfortunately, those issues crept up again.
“To be honest, we are back to where we were before,” Nored said. “We thought he was over it, but I hope we are on the down-hill slope of him being like he was in June.”
Nored still had a good time at event, enjoying the snow that fell in Tulsa.
Womack had two clean runs, but it wasn’t enough to qualify for the short go.
Still she was happy she got the experience, even though this year’s event was held under different circumstances.
“The experience was really fun and entertaining, but next year hopefully the rodeo will be in Vegas where it originally was supposed to be,” Womack said.
With several vendors not traveling to the event, Womack felt like some things were missing from the complete experience.
Still, she hopes this is just the beginning of future years competing in the event.
Snow said she placed 16th, one spot short of being called back.
“During the run, me and my horse slipped and it caused us to not make it back,” Snow said.
Snow said she still had fun despite coming up just short.
“It was so much fun,” Snow said. “It was just an overall great experience.
All three had plenty of thanks for parents, friends, sponsors and God for allowing them the chance to compete.
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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