SPORTS
Bowie football gets first win at Clyde
In what was a longer time coming than many would have liked, Bowie picked up its first win on Friday at Clyde.
The Jackrabbits controlled the game in a steady 21-14 win against the Bulldogs.
Bowie has had several close games this season that could have resulted in wins. Games against Bridgeport (63-62) and Henrietta (29-26) during pre-district were close losses.
Last week’s overtime loss to Iowa Park (25-22) was just the latest game that could have been.
Clyde came into the game after two district losses to Vernon and Jim Ned dampening its 4-1 non-district record and proving this district was a different story.
Who knows how the two and half hour bus drive affected Bowie, but it did not show during the game.
The first half did not feature a lot of scoring. The Jackrabbits were able to finish off a drive in the first quarter as running back Matthew McCarty scored on a five-yard run to put Bowie up 7-0 which would be all the scoring in the game heading into halftime.
The Bulldog defense was dropping eight defenders into coverage to try and limit the Jackrabbit passing attack. Bowie called the bluff and decided to lean on the run for most of the game.
The biggest passing play of the game for the Jackrabbits came in the third quarter as quarterback Brody Armstrong found A.J. Whatley for a 40-yard touchdown pass.
The score put Bowie up 14-0 heading into the fourth quarter.
Clyde’s offense had more success moving the football most of the night through the air and running. Still, while the Jackrabbit defense was bending, it was not breaking as three interceptions in the game helped as well.
The Bulldogs finally got on the board early in the fourth quarter as their quarterback Tucker Jones found Landrum Wells for a six-yard touchdown pass to cut it to 14-7.
While the Jackrabbits failed to score on their next drive, it took up about five minutes of clock before punting the ball back to the Bulldogs on their own 21-yard line.
Bowie’s defense later got its third interception from Braden Rhyne. This set up the Jackrabbit’s final touchdown as Armstrong ran one in from two yards out to put Bowie up 21-7 with time running low.
Clyde responded quickly, moving down field with big plays before scoring on a short run from Fabian Gomez to cut the lead back to one touchdown 21-14 and needing to recover the onside kick.
Fortunately, Bowie recovered the kick and was able to run out the clock and secure the win.
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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