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Jackrabbits blow out Boyd 75-27
The Bowie Jackrabbits earned their first win of the season in style in their home opener against Boyd.
The Jackrabbits won 75-27 in a game they dominated from the start against the Yellow Jackets.
Bowie came into the game following a disappointing shooting performance in its first game of the season at Ponder. The team knew it could shoot and play better, and looked to prove it from the opening jump in front of the home fans.
It took less than two minutes before the Jackrabbits built a double-digit lead 10-0. Bowie was employing a press defense that pushed the tempo early and led to transition opportunities for the Jackrabbits. Also, Bowie players were knocking in shots from 3-point range.
Midway through the quarter Boyd still had not scored and the lead was 18-0. Two minutes later saw the Yellow Jackets score its first points, but despite the Jackrabbits bench now playing, the scoring pace had not slowed down up 25-3.
At the end of quarter number one Bowie led 30-7 and it was essentially over for anyone wondering which team would win the game. In it, the Jackrabbits made more 3-pointers (six) than they did in their first game of the season.
The Jackrabbits called off the dogs with their press defense the rest of the game. With it, the crazy pace and energy went down, which was unsustainable for Bowie anyway with the lead already in place.
Still, the Jackrabbits played good defense the rest of the way as Boyd never scored more than seven points in any of the four quarters. While the team never did equal the insane 30 points it scored in the first quarter, Bowie did score double-digits in the final three quarters despite the bench playing a larger portion of minutes.
The lead just kept growing as the game went along in what was a good pick-me-up game, where every person on the team got to play and had a positive moment.
The Jackrabbits won 75-27.
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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