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Jackrabits lose at Holliday
The Bowie Jackrabbits finished their regular season on Friday playing against the district champion Holliday.
The Eagles won 5-3 in a closely played ball game where the Jackrabbits just could not get the ball to bounce their way at the end.
The first game between the teams a couple of weeks ago produced a 10 inning classic that saw Holliday come out on top 2-1. This game was not quite as dramatic, but it still was competitive.
Cade Thompson got the start on the mound for Bowie. With two outs in the first inning, an error and a single put two runners on base. A double into the gap allowed both base runners to score to put the Eagles up 2-0.
Bowie answered back with its own two-out rally in the second inning. Kawlyer Swearingin got on base thanks to an error and Colton Richey next drew a walk. Devin Melton then hit a pop fly to the shortstop that induced an error and allowed one run to score to cut the lead to 2-1.
In the third inning with one out Carson Sanders also was able to get on base thanks to an error at centerfield. Thanks to the error and later a wild pitch, Sanders was able to get on third base. After Jake Fallis drew a walk, Troy Kesey hit a fly ball to center field for an out, but it was deep enough to allow Sanders to score, tying the game at 2-2.
The teams exchanged a scoreless fourth inning before Holliday struck in the fifth. With two runners on base and no out, the Eagles hit a 3-run home run to make the score 5-2.
After giving up a walk, Sanders came in to pitch relief. He immediately produced a double play to clear the bases. Following a single, a groundout to third base followed for out three.
Kynan DeMoss led off the sixth inning with a double. Two batters later, Richey hit a single to left field that drove him in to cut the lead to 5-3.
Following a strikeout for out two, Logan Hutson hit a double to right field. Richey tried to score from first base, but was caught for out three.
The Jackrabbits had one more chance in the seventh inning after a 1-2-3 inning on defense. Unfortunately, they had no luck with their bats either as they failed to get a base runner on.
Holliday won 5-3.
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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