SPORTS
Bowie beats Porcupines 71-58
The Bowie Jackrabbits picked up an entertaining win against Springtown at home on Tuesday night.
The Jackrabbits won 71-58 in a game in which they led from the beginning against the Porcupines.
The first quarter was a little slow going. Springtown kept trying to bully-ball its way to the basket despite not having good height. The Porcupines were met with tough contests and a few blocks from Bowie, but did get to the free throw line a bit.
On the other side, the Jackrabbits were at their most lethal getting out in transition for good looks from 3-point range or layups. Cade Thompson scored eight of the team’s 12 points in the first quarter as Bowie led 12-8 heading into the second quarter.
This was where the Jackrabbits pulled away. Bowie’s full court press started to up the tempo of the game which benefited the better offensive Jackrabbits.
Six different players scored for Bowie as the team almost doubled its first quarter scoring with 22 points. The Porcupines could not keep up as the Jackrabbits led 34-20 at halftime.
Both teams played even in the third quarter as the offensive pace stayed pretty fast. Springtown were making more field goals and more of its free throw attempts to keep up with Bowie’s pace, but with the margin being more than 20 points as times it never seemed close. The Jackrabbits led 51-37 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Porcupines cut it to 10 points late as they tried to bring full court pressure to stage a comeback. Bowie never panicked and continued to score at a furious pace, ending the game scoring 23 points in the final period as it won 71-58.
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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