SPORTS
Saint Jo baseball wins Diamond on the Red Tournament
The Saint Jo Panther baseball team won all three of their games and the championship at the Diamond on the Red Tournament last week.
The Panthers won close games against Healdton, Wilson and Mill Creek.
Saint Jo won 5-4 against Healdton in four innings. Payton Harris, Devin Stewart and Jonathan Diaz each drove in one run.
Harris came in and pitched 2.1 innings of relief and struck out five batters and allowed no runs after Headldton scored four runs in the first inning. Brice Durham came in to strike out the final two batters of the game.
Against Wilson, Saint Jo won 5-3 in three and half innings. Tied 3-3 in the bottom of the third Durham would drive in a run and Kile Thurman would later drive him in on a sacrifice bunt to go up by the deciding two runs. Besides them Matthew Butler-Everson also drove in a run.
Trevor Conner pitched all four innings, striking out five while giving up three runs (two earned) on four hits while walking two. The defense committed one fielding error.
The final game of the tournament was a 5-2 win against Mill Creek for the championship. This game went all seven innings and the Panthers probably should have scored more runs as the team finished with 12 hits.
Harris drove in three runs while Butler-Everson drove in one run and Conner drove in the other.
Collin Thomas got the start on the mound and pitched three innings, giving up one run on two hits while striking out five. Durham pitched three innings and also struck out five while allowing one hit and no runs. Stewart came in to get the save in the final inning, allowing one run while striking out two batters.
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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