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Jackrabbits win big against Wichita Falls 65-30
The Bowie Jackrabbits rebounded from a team-wide sickness last week to blow out Wichita Falls High School at home on Monday afternoon.
The Jackrabbits won 65-30 in a game that was over within the first four minutes of the game.
Bowie came into the game after only playing one game the previous week at the Mineral Wells tournament on Thursday. By Friday, more than enough players had come down with seasonal sickness so bad they dropped out of its remaining games and everyone was sent home.
Coach Andy Atkins did not know what condition his team would be in on Monday, but everyone who was healthy suited out and played significant minutes in a game that was never in doubt.
The Coyotes are a scrappy team who like to play fast, employing a full-court trap with scorers who are perimeter oriented. The Jackrabbits decided to match that with their own full-court trap and looked to score well in transition and off the drive.
Within two minutes of the game starting Bowie was up 10-2. It only got worse for Wichita Falls. The lead grew to 22-2 with three minutes still to play in the first quarter. The Coyotes did not know what hit them and never recovered.
The Jackrabbits led 24-6 heading into second quarter. While the team let its foot off the gas pedal in terms of slowing the tempo down and calling off its press, Bowie still did a good job of never letting Wichita Falls get any hope of a come back in their minds.
The Jackrabbit defense did a good job of contesting shots at the basket, with post players Riley Blackburn and Drew Weber using their superior height compared to any Coyote player to swat several shots away.
Even with the tempo and shot making of the first few minutes cooled down, at times it seemed Bowie could get any shot it wanted in the half court. With Wichita Falls lack of a true post presence, drives to the basket were sometimes met with little resistance for Jackrabbit players.
When help did come, kick outs to open shooters usually resulted in a good shot being attempted.
Bowie led 36-11 at halftime and 53-18 heading into the fourth quarter. It was there playing against an all bench lineup that the Coyotes offense got any sort of rhythm going, playing loose with the game out of reach.
Still, the teams ended up tying 12-12 in the fourth quarter which did not help the margin get any smaller.
The Jackrabbits won big 65-30 to head into the break on a positive note.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of 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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