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Lady Rabbits win 62-32 against Breckenridge
The Bowie Lady Rabbits had a happy senior night with a blowout win against Breckenridge on Tuesday.
The Lady Rabbits won 62-32 thanks in large part to a big third quarter.
Bowie started off the game well in the first quarter. The offense relentlessly drove to the basket and either scored or were sent to the free throw line where the team made six of its eight attempts.
On defense, the Lady Rabbits press and trap forced turnovers in the half court, but not many could be transitioned into easy points on the fast break. They did stifle the Lady Bucks from doing much in the first quarter as Bowie led 16-4 in the first quarter.
Brekenridge started to get a handle on breaking the press and capitalizing on some of the chances that came when players broke through. The Lady Bucks made three 3-pointers and actually outscored the Lady Rabbits during the quarter 15-12 thanks to an impressive full-court heave at the buzzer that banked into the basket.
Bowie’s lead had shrunk to 28-19 heading into halftime and Breckenridge felt like it might stick around all game and give the Lady Rabbits a harder challenge than expected.
The two teams exchanged two quick baskets in the opening minutes of the third. Out of nowhere Bowie switched its defense from a trapping press to man-to-man press.
The sudden switch seemed to confuse the Lady Bucks who quickly called a timeout. Expecting that, the Lady Rabbits switched back to trapping although with slight adjustments from their usual system.
Immediately, Bowie’s press started causing chaos for Breckenridge. Steals and deflections led to great transition opportunities on offense and the Lady Rabbits. The physicality of the game seemed to double and the Lady Bucks had trouble establishing any type of offense.
This led to shots going in on offense for Bowie even outside of transition opportunities as everything was going the Lady Rabbits way.
With the third quarter coming to a close, Bowie nearly doubled its scoring output in the first half. The game was in hand with the lead up to 55-27 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Rabbits emptied their bench in the fourth quarter and the shots dried up a bit as the intensity waned with the game in hand. Bowie coasted to the finish with the final score 62-32.
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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