SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians wrapped up the regular season with a win at Chico.
The straight set win for the Lady Indians 3-0 allowed Nocona to not only win the district title, but do it undefeated.
The Lady Indians won with scores being 25-15, 25-13 and 25-16. Skyler Smith led the team with 14 kills and two blocks while Megyn Meekins was second with nine kills and led with 16 assists and five service aces. Aubree Kleinhans led the team with 12 digs.
It is Nocona’s 14th straight win, last losing to 4A Krum in mid September.
With so many early season challenges to overcome including a roster with limited varsity experience, a new coaching staff and a new district, the team is cooking now as it heads into the playoffs.
The Lady Indians are set to play Tioga at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 1 at Gainesville in the bi-district round of the playoffs.
Saint Jo vs Gold-Burg
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers had a happy senior night as they beat Gold-Burg to complete an undefeated district title.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets with set scores being 25-11, 25-10 and 25-15.
Lone senior for Saint Jo Kayden Skidmore led the team with 15 assists, eight kills and five service aces. Maxey Johnson was second with 12 assists and four service aces. Aubrey Morman and Payzlie Cervantes were both second with six kills. Taylor Patrick had a team high 11 digs.
With the district title comes a bit of a wait as Saint Jo will have a bye through the bi-district round, not playing until the area round.
The Lady Panthers are scheduled to play warm-up games in the mean time against 2 p.m. on Oct. 29 at home against Poolville and at 3:45 p.m. on Nov. 1 at home against Benjamin.
For the Lady Bears, Coach Cheryl Cromleigh thought her team did not play up to its highest level. She did praise senior Shadie Whitaker who she said had her best match ever.
The loss puts Gold-Burg in a tie with Prairie Valley for the second place in the district standings. Both teams have won against the other at home this season. The play-in was on Friday and played at Saint Jo.
Regardless of the outcome, the Lady Bears are going to the playoffs and will play either Meridian or Covington.
Look forward to the Bowie News social media pages for up to date playoff information early next week.
Prairie Valley vs Forestburg
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs were able to have a happy senior night on Monday to end their regular season against Forestburg.
No scores were given from the coaches, but the outcome was posted about with the play-in game against Gold-Burg scheduled for the Lady Bulldogs.
It was a good bounce back game for Prairie Valley following a disappointing loss to the Lady Bears last week as it gets ready for the playoffs.
The Lady Bulldogs will have a chance to get that win back against Gold-Burg as they play for a third time in the play-in game on Friday at Saint Jo for a chance to win the district’s second seed.
Playoff information against either Meridan or Covington will be posted on the Bowie News social media pages ahead of next week’s matchup.
For the Lady Horns, it is the end of the season for the team.
They struggled throughout district and had some rough key injuries down the stretch in a season the young program along with Coach Kayla Firth can continue to grow in a positive direction.
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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