SPORTS
Bowie girls win area game against Merkel
The Bowie Lady Rabbits beat Merkel on Saturday in the area round of the playoffs.
The Lady Rabbits beat the Lady Badgers 53-42, finally pulling away at the end as Merkel tried to keep it close down the stretch.
Bowie came in on a high from the previous week’s dramatic bi-district win against Brock, but it also had been more than a week since then.
With the state experiencing snow and temperatures that caused big problems all week, the Lady Rabbits were lucky to get in one practice the day before.
While on paper it looked like Bowie would be an easy favorite since Merkel was a four seed, there was a reason the Lady Badgers made easy work against one seed Crane in the bi-district, winning 55-40.
Merkel was in a district with state-ranked teams Jim Ned and Wall, giving the Lady Hawks all it could handle in both district games.
The Lady Badgers showed it was not going to be an easy game from the start. The Lady Rabbits found themselves in an early hole and had to climb back to cut the lead to 11-8 heading into the second quarter.
Again Merkel started the quarter strong and Bowie found itself down double-digits and on the verge of being left in the dust.
Some 3-pointers and free throws from Jayci Logan and Abbi Gamblin along with better defense allowed the Lady Rabbits to come back and again cut the score close before the quarter ended. Bowie trailed 22-18 at halftime.
Coming out of halftime, the Lady Rabbits defensive intensity with their full-court press started to do its work. It started to create chaos which rattled Merkel and allowed Bowie to grab control.
The Lady Rabbits scored as many points as they had in the entire first half in the third quarter. Camberley Gunter made two 3-pointers and scored eight points while Logan scored five as Bowie took the lead.
Limiting the Lady Badgers to just eight points, the Lady Rabbits took a 36-30 lead into the fourth quarter along with momentum.
Things continued as Bowie eventually built a double-digit lead, but Merkel was not going to let the Lady Rabbits win so easily.
The Lady Badgers defensive intensity went up and Bowie started to turn the ball over. Merkel cut the lead to five points and seemed to have the Lady Rabbits on the ropes as time was winding down.
Then Gunter nailed a corner 3-pointer that not only put Bowie back up to an eight point lead, but was a momentum killer for the Lady Badgers.
The Lady Rabbits then were able to make enough free throws down the stretch to secure the win by double-digits, avoiding any dramatic finish with the final 53-42.
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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