SPORTS
Nocona loses to Peaster
The Nocona Lady Indians could not pull off the upset against Peaster on Tuesday night in their bi-district playoff game.
The Lady Greyhounds won in straight sets to end the Lady Indians season.
Coming into the match, no one outside of Nocona gave the Lady Indians much of a chance. Finishing fourth in the district standings, the team had gotten the final playoff spot.
That meant the Lady Indians had to play a district champion and one seed Peaster, a team that not only swept through its district undefeated but had also dropped only one set during that streak.
The first set did not go well for Nocona. The Lady Greyhounds quickly took the lead and it kept growing.
The Lady Indians trailed 10-5 and scored only one point in the next 10 as the lead went to double digits.
Peaster won 25-8 and Nocona at least knew they could only play better.
The second set was more competitive in the first 20 points. The Lady Indians trailed only 11-9 and was hanging point-to-point with the Lady Greyhounds.
Unfortunately, it was here where Peaster started to pull away.
A 7-3 run extended the lead to 18-12 and Nocona could not close the distance.
The Lady Greyhounds won 25-17 to go up 2-0, but the Lady Indians had played better.
In the third Nocona was up 3-2 in a set it needed to win to extend it season.
That would be the only highlight of the set though for the Lady Indians.
Peaster 14-1 run and never looked back. Much like the first set, Nocona never got into it to make it competitive as the Lady Greyhounds ran away with the set, winning 25-7 and the match 3-0.
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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