SPORTS
Nocona basketball teams beat Henrietta
The Nocona basketball teams came back from the break picking up district wins against Henrietta on Wednesday.
The Lady Indians won in a blow out 73-17 to stay undefeated while the Indians won their opening district game 47-29.
The Nocona girls gave the Lady Cats no shot, getting out to a 19-5 lead in the first quarter.
Outlet passes to Chloe Daughtry and Karlee Brown resulted in some layups and Averee Kleinhans drove to the basket and knocked in a 3-pointer.
Things grew even worse for Henrietta in the second quarter. The Lady Indians outscored the Lady Cats 31-1 as the game was all but over with half the game still to play.
The second half was much more relaxed. Nocona scored more than double-digits in the third quarter, but failed to do so in the fourth quarter as starters sat.
The Lady Indians defense made sure Henrietta did not ever get anything going. While the Lady Cats scored eight points in the third quarter, Nocona held them to only three in the final quarter as the game wound down.
The Nocona boy’s team started out gaining a little control in the first quarter. Adam Meekins made two 3-pointers as the Indians led 11-8.
The offense picked up a bit for Nocona as the teams scored 15 points, with five different players scoring for the Indians. The Bearcats did not break double-digits as they trailed 26-17 at halftime.
The third quarter was low-scoring for both teams. Henrietta did not gain any ground as Nocona held the Bearcats to only four points in the quarter.
The Indians did not score much more scoring eight, but six came from Brady McCasland on two 3-pointers. Nocona led by double-digits 34-21 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Indians stifling defense did not allow Henrietta to get back into the game.
Nocona’s offense picked things back up to where it was in the second quarter, with scoring coming from several different players. The Indians were able to secure the win with little drama.
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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