SPORTS
Nocona hosts first cross country meet of the season
The first official cross country meet kicked off this week as Nocona hosted a big meet at the Indian Oaks Golf Course on Wednesday.
Runners from 18 different schools competed at the meet, as varied as 5A Denton Ryan all the way to local 1A schools running in the same race.
Four schools in Montague County ran in the race including Bowie, Saint Jo, Forestburg and the host.
While none of the girl teams had the necessary five runners to finish among the team standings, the boy teams from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo did.
The Jackrabbits were ahead of the three, finishing sixth overall and most importantly finished ahead of district opponent Henrietta by two spots.
Nathan Rodgers led the team by finishing 10th overall with a time of 18:17.
His teammates Sebastian Martinez (27th), James Fitch (31st), Liam Pearson (47th) and Monte Mayfield (52nd) rounded out the team scoring.
The Panthers finished ninth overall and were disappointingly far behind district opponent Slidell in second place.
Collin Thomas’ seventh place finish was the best of the day for anyone from Montague County, with his time being 17:51.
The top five finishers included Jayden Curry (32nd), Devin Stewart (49th), Josh Vogel (60th) and Mathew Sampson (88th).
The Indians finished in 11th place as a team. Alex Stephens led the team, finishing 40th with a time of 20:19.
Freddy Duran was almost right after him, finishing in 42nd place a second later at 20:20.
Ivan Hernandez (64th), Walker Murphey (76th) and Andrew Perez (96th) rounded out the scoring for Nocona.
In the girl’s race, the Lady Indians Bayler Smith was the first runner to cross the finish the line from Montague County, finishing ninth overall with a time of 13:15.
Her teammates finish included Jayce Rose in 34th, Reagan Phipps in 48th and Alexa Sosa in 83rd.
Bowie had two runners finish not too far apart. Jojo Villarreal finished 45th with a time of 15:40. Mariah Tompkins finished 51st with a time of 16:03.
Saint Jo also had two runners. Aubrey Morman finished 44th with a time of 15:29 while Kaycee Clark finished 71st with a time of 17:14.
Forestburg had one runner, Justynne Roller who finished 57th with a time of 16:11.
To see the results for all runners from Bowie, Nocona, Saint Jo and Forestburg pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
SPORTS
Nocona new press box put into place
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.
SPORTS
Richey repeats at IFYR
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.
SPORTS
Youth rodeo awards presented
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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