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Bowie starts district with win
The Bowie Jackrabbits won their first game back after the break by beating Jacksboro at home in the opening district game.
The Jackrabbits pulled away down the stretch to win 60-43 against the Tigers to start off district play the right way. The rest of the game was a close back-and-forth battle.
The game started with both teams struggling to score despite foul calls being called right away.
Jacksboro wanted to attack the paint and score at the basket, but Bowie made sure to make that tough for the Tigers.
The Jackrabbits trailed only 8-7 heading into the second quarter, but took a blow when several starters got into foul trouble.
Things picked up for both teams offenses in the second.
The Tigers seemed to get to the free throw line at will. They were not too efficient though, going 8-14 from the line in the quarter.
Bowie got some good production from Brody Armstrong and Bayler Swint, who each scored six points in the quarter as the Jackrabbits grabbed a little bit of a lead. Bowie led 26-24 heading into halftime.
The Tigers started to make some baskets from the perimeter. They knocked in two 3-pointers and got to the line several times, but only made 50 percent of those attempts.
The Jackrabbits continued to attack Jacksboro’s man-defense by getting into the lane and kicking out for corner 3-pointers.
Bowie made three of them in the quarter and continued to find ways to the basket.
Five different players made a basket as the Jackrabbits still led heading into the fourth quarter, up 41-37.
Bowie tried to switch up its defense to avoid certain players fouling out, mixing in some zone at times.
Jacksboro’s offense continued to struggle as time wound down.
Bowie was up only 47-41 with three minutes to play as the Tigers got desperate. Full-court pressure came, but the Jackrabbits only had one bad error that led to a quick basket from Jacksboro.
The Tigers were forced to start sending Bowie players to the free throw line.
Unlike Jacksboro, the Jackrabbits took advantage of these free looks, making 10-12 in the quarter to extend their lead as Bowie won 60-43.
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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