SPORTS
Nocona boys make playoffs
The Nocona Indians did not leave their playoff hopes to chance, taking care of business Friday night against Jacksboro.
The Indians won 56-46 to lock up the final playoff spot in the district in their final home game of the season.
It was senior night for Nocona as well heading into the crucial game. Coming off a tough loss to Breckenridge, a loss that night to the Tigers along with another win from Buckaroos would have put Breckenridge into the playoffs.
With Nocona having experience in play-in games the following two seasons and been on both sides of the results, it was important for the Indians to control what they could control.
The first quarter saw Nocona do that. Despite it being senior night, it was freshman Brady McCasland who set the tone on offense, scoring 10 of his team’s 13 points in the first quarter including two 3-pointers.
On defense, the Indians were contesting shots against Jacksboro inside and the Tigers were not making them pay with outside shots. Nocona led 13-6 heading into the second quarter.
Jacksboro’s offense picked things up in the second quarter. The Tigers got some second chance opportunities crashing the offensive glass while also knocking in a 3-pointer.
The Indians were driving into the lane and kicking the ball outside, but passes were not perfect allowing Jacksboro time to deny anything but a contested 3-pointer. Still Nocona’s diverse offense, four players made one basket, kept the Indians in front.
The Tigers kept the game close trailing 24-19 at halftime.
The third quarter was more of the same from both teams as neither team could get much of an advantage. The Indians started the quarter on a 7-3 run to expand their lead to 31-22 midway through.
Jacksboro closed the distance ending on a 10-5 run till the end of the quarter. Nocona still led heading into the fourth quarter, but the lead was cut to 36-32.
The Indians offense pulled away midway through the quarter, leading by double-digits. The Tigers did not have the firepower to come back as Nocona kept scoring at a good pace to keep the game from any dramatic ending. The Indians won 56-46.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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