Connect with us

SPORTS

Runners race at Wichita Falls

Published

on

Several cross country teams from Montague County competed at the Endurance House Stampede meet in Wichita Falls.
Both boys and girls teams from Bowie and Nocona along with one runner from Forestburg competed against racers from six other schools in the boy’s heat and 11 in the girl’s heat.
The Jackrabbit boy’s team had the highest finish of the day getting second place. Nathan Rogers was the top runner for the team as he got fourth place with a time of 20:38.
The top five runners for Bowie also included Ignacio Saucedo (8), Sebastion Martinez (13), Brody Fesmire (22) and Alex Castro (26).
Coach Andy Atkins was proud of how his team competed, especially his top finishers.
“Nathan Rodgers and Ignacio Saucedo had great top 10 finishes and are pushing each other daily in practice,” Atkins said. “I’m very proud of all of our guys in how they are challenging themselves each meet.”
The Lady Indians team was the top finisher in the girl’s race, finishing just behind Breckenridge in third place. Allie Brown was the top runner for the team, finishing fourth with a time of 14:07.
The top five runners for the team were also Graci Brown (12), Jayce Brown (15), Melissa Segura (32) and Natalie Pirkey (48). Coach Kyle Spitzer was proud his girls were able to improve despite some circumstances outside of their control.
“The course ran a little slower than last week’s course, but most of the girls improved their time from last week,” Spitzer said. “I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do at Wichita Falls next week.”
The Lady Rabbits finished right behind Nocona in fourth place as a team. Samantha Clarke was the top runner, finishing 11th overall with a time of 14:47.
The team’s top five finishers also included Laisha Johnson (31), Hadley Morris (36), Jojo Villareal (40) and Kaylee Johnson (49).
Atkins was pleased with the progress the team was showing in the second meet.
“Girls are getting better everyday,” Atkins said. “Samatha Clarke finished just outside the top 10 and will compete for top finishes in every meet. Freshman Hadley Morris had her best run so far and looks to continue to make great improvement.”
The Nocona boy’s team finished seventh overall with Alex Stephens finishing first for the Indians in 21st place with a time of 22:04.
The top five runners for the team also were Ivan Vera (35), Claudio Segura (39), Frank Espinoza (40) and Freddy Duran (46).
Coach Colby Schniederjan thought it was a good competition day despite the course being slow overall.
“We were able to run against some higher level competition as well as a couple of district opponents,” Schniederjan said. “My top five runners shifted but, I was proud of how we competed and we will continue to up our conditioning over the next few weeks in preparation for district.”
From Forestburg, Justynne Roller finished 72nd with a time of 18:34 while competing with runners from mostly bigger schools.
The teams from Bowie are next scheduled to run at the Ponder Invitational on Sept. 17. The next race for the teams from Nocona is earlier on Sept. 13 at Bridgeport’s Runaway Bay Golf Club.

To see results for all varsity runners, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

Continue Reading

SPORTS

Nocona new press box put into place

Published

on

(Courtesy photo)

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.

Continue Reading

SPORTS

Richey repeats at IFYR

Published

on

(Courtesy photo)

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.

Continue Reading

SPORTS

Youth rodeo awards presented

Published

on

The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo presented awards for its summer season this week. Tess Egenbacher won the top cowgirl buckle for the 13-18 age division, which was presented to her by Kyle Bishop. (Courtesy photo)

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.

Continue Reading
Ad
Ad
Ad
Ad
Ad

Trending