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Bowie softball starts season
It was a tough first week of games for the Bowie Lady Rabbits softball team.
The Lady Rabbits lost their opening game of the season 13-0 against Valley View before going 2-3 at the Jacksboro tournament.
Bowie opened the season against the Lady Eagles a day after the girl’s basketball team lost its playoff game. The quick turnaround meant those girls did not have much playing time against Valley View.
The game did not start well as the Lady Eagles scored eight runs in the first inning. Bowie had little offensive answer with the team getting three hits and drawing four free bases as the Lady Rabbits were shut out.
Valley View won after five innings 13-0.
Bowie’s first tournament game on Friday against Graham went much better after some more practice time.
After a tight first inning and the Lady Blues leading 4-3, the Lady Rabbits put together a great eight run second inning to take a 11-4 lead. That was enough to win the game following a scoreless third inning.
The next game against Mineral Wells was close, but the Lady Rams came out on top with a walk off home run.
Bowie was able to take a 3-2 lead in its final at bat, but after tying the game, Mineral Wells hit a 3-run home run to win the game 6-3.
The final game of the day came against Stephenville.
Bowie did a good job of limiting the Yellowjackets to only a few runs each inning instead of surrendering a lot, but the Lady Rabbits did not have much of an answer with their bats.
The team had only four base runners and two hits in three innings as Stephenville won 6-0.
Saturday started out well for the Lady Rabbits. Bowie won big 17-3 with most of the damage coming in the first inning. The Lady Rabbits scored 11 runs in the first inning and added six more in the final inning.
Bowie’s last game of the tournament ended in disappointment after a promising start. The Lady Rabbits scored four runs in the first inning and led 7-4 heading into the final inning.
The Lady Bobcats then reeled off five runs to take the lead 9-7 and Bowie could not answer with its bats.
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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