SPORTS
Jackrabbits win big against Breckenridge
The Bowie Jackrabbits won the final district game of round one at Breckenridge on Friday night.
The Jackrabbits won a high scoring game with little issue 70-54 against the Buckaroos.
Bowie came into the game following one of its biggest wins of the season, a buzzer-beater win against Holliday. The Jackrabbits could not afford an off night if they wanted to reap the rewards beating the Eagles had given them
Breckenridge was having a tough district stretch with its only win coming against Jacksboro, but many coaches know the Bucks are better than that record if you take them lightly.
With a big, tall center surrounded by a scrappy group of guards, Breckenridge is not a team to take as lightly as its record would perceive.
Bowie came out with its full court press to try and impose its up-tempo style it likes to play. The Bucks were ready for it and did a good job of not letting the pressure force many turnovers.
The Jackrabbits did a good job of taking the lead in the first quarter while making most shots Breckenridge took contested shots. Bowie led 15-9 after the first quarter.
The second quarter saw the Jackrabbits go on the run that separated themselves from the Bucks. With 3-pointers from Drew Weber and Kynan DeMoss off the bench as well as 3-pointers from starters A.J. Whatley and Brody Armstrong, Bowie scored 23 points in the quarter.
Breckenridge did not match that scoring pace at all, scoring only seven points in the quarter as Bowie ran away with the game leading into halftime. The Jackrabbits had more than a 20-point lead heading into the second half up 38-16.
The second half saw both teams play more evenly down the stretch. The Bucks would more than triple its first half total while Bowie almost equaled its first half total.
It was never close as the Jackrabbits won 74-50.
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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