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Bowie volleyball loses at Holliday
The Bowie Lady Rabbits lost their rematch against state-ranked Holliday on Tuesday night.
The Lady Eagles won in straight sets 3-0 to wrap up the district title, closing the door for the Lady Rabbits pursuit of it.
Bowie came into the match two games back of Holliday, with losses to the Lady Eagles in the first matchup and to Henrietta in the second game.
Holliday was coming in confident, last losing a match in its second tournament back in mid August and last dropping a set in its last tournament in late August.
The Lady Rabbits had bounced back strong since losing to the Lady Cats to start the second round of district play, beating Jacksboro and City View in straight sets leading into the match.
While the first match between the two teams had resulted in Holliday winning in straight sets, Bowie felt pretty good at how it had competed with and made the Lady Eagles work for the win in two of the three sets.
Tuesday’s match was not only on the road, but it was senior night as well in Holliday and the team could lock down the district title with a win.
The first and second sets did not go the Lady Rabbits way with scores being 25-15 and 25-13. The Lady Eagle’s fast offense and big hitters got them the lead early and did not let Bowie catch back up like they did at times in the first match.
Heading into the third set, Bowie gave it its all and competed better than it had. Unfortunately, Holliday was able to close out the competitive set strong, winning 25-20 to wrap up the win.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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