SPORTS
Bowie, Gold-Burg, Prairie Valley volleyball loses in area round
The Bowie Lady Rabbits season came to an end in the area round of the playoffs on Thursday night against Wall.
The Lady Hawks won 3-1 against the Lady Rabbits.
Bowie came into the set hoping it could upset a Wall team with only six losses on the season after a solid performance against Millsap in the bi-district round.
The first set did not go the Lady Rabbits way as the Lady Hawks showed why they have had so much success this season, winning 25-14.
The second set saw Bowe adjust.
“We started to read them better defensively and get in a groove,” Coach Ashley Sanders said.
It took everything including going to extra points, but in the end the Lady Rabbits came out on top 28-26 to tie the match back up at 1-1.
The third set was more of the same as neither team could pull away for most of the set. Unfortunately, at the end of the set Wall was able to get some momentum and pull away, closing out the set to win 25-19 and take a 2-1 lead.
Bowie would need to win the next two sets to win the match and it proved it could do that if it played well. The fourth set proved to be another one where it was back and forth throughout most of it.
In the end, it could have gone either way, but unfortunately the Lady Hawks pulled away at the end, winning by the smallest of margins 25-23 to win the match 3-1.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears season came to an end against Avery on Thursday night in the area round.
The Lady Bears lost in straight sets against the Lady Bulldogs.
Avery won with set scores being 25-13, 25-4 and 25-12.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh thought her team came into the match even more nervous than its previous match. The Lady Bulldogs fed off that nervousness and never let the Lady Bears get comfortable with big attacks from its top outside hitter.
Still, despite the loss it was one of the best seasons in program history. Gold-Burg’s two wins against county rival Prairie Valley, including in the play-in game to get second place, stands as a highlight the program has been aiming for for years.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs fell to state-ranked Dodd City on Thursday night in the area round of the playoffs to end their season.
The Lady Hornets won in straight sets, but the Lady Bulldogs did a good job of making them earn it in each set.
The set scores were 25-14, 25-17 and 25-15.
It was a disappointing result for a season with a lot of changes to it though it did have some positives.
Anytime a program loses an all-state player it is tough to replace that production. It’s even harder for small schools like Prairie Valley, but the program showed it was more than just one player with its level of play not dropping too far off in the regular season.
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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