SPORTS
Bowie boys beat Wichita Falls 58-53
The Bowie Jackrabbits earned a win at Wichita Falls High School on Monday in a close game.
The Jackrabbits won 58-53 against the Coyotes, the first back-to-back wins for the program since the 2018-2019 season.
The game got started with both offenses finding ways to score.
The athletic and perimeter oriented team from Wichita Falls knocked in a couple of 3-pointers with scoring going through two featured players.
Bowie was not far behind as Drew Weber and Cade Thompson made 3-pointers and post player Riley Blackburn scored a couple of close baskets. The Coyotes led 16-15 heading into the second quarter.
Wichita Falls kept up its offensive pace, getting to the free throw line three different times while also hitting from outside some to keep its lead.
The Jackrabbits hung around, continuing to get to the free throw line.
Unfortunately, they only made half of their eight attempts while shots from outside did not fall.
Bowie trailed 32-27 at halftime and Coach Andy Atkins was frustrated with his defense.
“I felt like we were just doing a lot of things that we had not been doing in the previous games,” Atkins said. “We had just kind of veered off of what we do. We tried to reiterate that at halftime.”
The message was received. The Jackrabbits defense allowed only six points in the third quarter.
Bowie did not score much itself, but had cut the lead to 38-36 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Jackrabbits grabbed the lead early on in the fourth. They got help from Bayler Swint scoring nine of his 11 points in the quarter as well as Brody Armstrong scoring all six of his points as well.
Down the stretch, with Bowie trying to hold onto its lead, the team got a lift from senior Tru’Vion Sansom off the bench.
“Tru hit a big three in the corner and then made two free throws in the last 90 seconds,” Atkins said. “That really helped us out a lot and was huge. We shot poorly from the 3-point line, so for him to make that in that corner was absolutely enormous.”
It proved to be the difference as the Jackrabbits won 58-53.
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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