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Lady Rabbits win at Breckenridge
The Bowie Lady Rabbits were able to win their yearly trek up to Burkburnett on Friday night.
The Lady Rabbits won 45-30 against a tough Lady Bucks team.
Bowie came into the game following a disappointing performance against Holliday that would have helped the team potentially move up from the third seed in the district standings.
Breckenridge was coming off a tough loss to undefeated Nocona. With the Lady Bucks in fourth place and having the final playoff spot after a one point win against City View, they were hoping to give the Lady Rabbits more of a game this time around.
Bowie won the first matchup with not much drama by 16 points, with Coach Matthew Miller employing some full-court pressing to try and speed the game up to the Lady Rabbits preferred pace of play.
The game on Friday was more of the same from Bowie, with only a few matchup changes from the first game.
The Lady Rabbits controlled things from the beginning, with their defense holding the Lady Bucks to only two points in the first quarter on some free throws. Bowie was making shots early as three different players made 3-pointers in the first quarter as the team built a 12-2 lead.
The second quarter saw Breckenridge get into the game a bit by drawing 10 free throws and scoring 11 points. It was not enough to catch up with the Lady Rabbits at all.
Addie Farris made two 3-pointers in the quarter as four other players scored two points each.
Bowie’s lead grew as it went into halftime up 26-13.
The third quarter saw the scoring pace slow down a peg for both teams. Neither team broke double-digits, but the Lady Rabbits lead increased a bit as four players who scored combined for nine points while giving up only six to Breckenridge.
The fourth quarter saw both teams make as many field goals as they had all game, but the Lady Bucks only outscored Bowie by one, which was not enough to come back from the double-digit lead the Lady Rabbits had.
Bowie won 45-30.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the 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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