SPORTS
Saint Jo beats Dodd City 3-0
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers beat highly regarded Dodd City on Tuesday night to qualify for the regional tournament.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets, bouncing back after an up and down five-set area round game against Sulphur Bluff.
That seemed to prove to some outsiders’ opinion, that a team with eight underclassmen would fold when the playoff pressure was applied no matter how talented they are.
The Lady Hornets came into the match highly regarded as well, like they always are. Anytime an area 1A team in any sport but football wants to make a long playoff run, at some point they will have to go through Dodd City.
Well Saint Jo showed no doubt from the opening serve. The Lady Panthers started to pull away midway through the first set 18-13. Smelling blood, Saint Jo closed the set out strong, not losing another point the rest of the way. The Lady Panthers won 25-13, making a statement they were there to win.
The second set seemed to pick back up where the first set ended. Saint Jo built an early lead from 11-5 to 16-5.
The Lady Hornets were not just going to lay down like they did in the first set. Dodd City came roaring back, cutting the lead to 23-19 and putting some doubts into the young Lady Panthers of what it would mean if they blew a double-digit lead.
Thankfully, Saint Jo closed out the set, winning 25-21 and taking a 2-0 lead.
The Lady Panthers started the third set again taking a big lead 7-3. It grew to 17-11 and was 22-17 with the team looking to close out the match. The Lady Hornets had one last gasp at the end, but Saint Jo was able to stay composed to win the set 25-22 and the match 3-0.
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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