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Bowie Lady Rabbits lose first district game to Holliday

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2 years ago

09/28/2022

The Bowie Lady Rabbits undefeated run in district play was snapped Saturday morning against reigning district champs Holliday.
The Lady Eagles won in straight sets like most outsiders thought, but the set scores were close throughout as the Lady Rabbits gave them trouble throughout the match.
Holliday came into the match with only two losses on the year and a top 10 ranking in the state since before the season started. Bowie last beat Holliday in 2019, when the current seniors were freshman.
Still, the Lady Rabbits have shown so far in district they might be the best team that could challenge Holliday. With the stakes being high and Bowie playing them on their home floor at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning, what weird things could happen?
Well the Lady Eagles came out swinging and took a 7-3 lead and initially looked like they were going to be too overwhelming for the Lady Rabbits.
Bowie answered with a run of its own to tie the score at 8-8 and it was on. The Lady Rabbits took a 14-11 lead, but Holliday answered with a run of its own to retake the lead.
The Lady Eagles held a small 21-19 lead heading into the final points where anything could happen. Unfortunately, Holliday was able to close out the set strong, winning four of the next five points to win the set 25-20 to take a 1-0 lead.
There were no big leads in the first 30 points of set two. The score was tied at 10-10 and Bowie had a small 13-12 lead before the Lady Eagles took a 16-14 lead.
Holliday stretched it out to a 20-15 lead and looked like it was going to run away with the set. The Lady Rabbits fought back to cut the lead to two points 21-19, but unfortunately the Lady Eagles were able to close the set out again, winning 25-20 to take a 2-0 lead.
With as tight as the first two sets had gone, it was easy to think there might be a third set let up potential from Holliday if Bowie played its best.
Instead set three started off competitive again for the first 20 points. The Lady Rabbits came back from a three-point deficit to tie the score up at 10-10, but then the Lady Eagles started to pull away.
Holliday led 14-11, then 17-13. Bowie made cut it back to three down 19-16, but it was running out of time.
Then the Lady Eagles went scored four of the next five points and it was all but over. Holliday would win 25-18 to close out the match 3-0.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Nocona new press box put into place

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2 days ago

07/20/2024

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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.

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Richey repeats at IFYR

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2 days ago

07/20/2024

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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.

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Youth rodeo awards presented

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2 days ago

07/20/2024

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The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo presented awards for its summer season this week. Tess Egenbacher won the top cowgirl buckle for the 13-18 age division, which was presented to her by Kyle Bishop. (Courtesy photo)

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.