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Prairie Valley teams play at Electra tournament
The Prairie Valley basketball teams both played a holiday tournament at Electra last week to try and break off the rust from the long break.
The Bulldogs were missing some starters but still went 2-2 while the Lady Bulldogs went 2-1.
The boy’s were missing leading scorer Tyler Winkler, but it allowed other players to step up during the tournament.
The Bulldogs lost a tough first game to Newcastle 50-48. They bounced back to get a low scoring win against Petrolia (35-29) and a solid win against Woodson (46-35).
The final game against tournament host Electra did not go Prairie Valley’s way as the team lost 52-30.
Individually, Tyson Easterling and Trae Campbell were selected to the all-tournament team.
Coach Seth Stephens thought it was a good stretch of games to let some guys with less experience take a more prominent role and gain some confidence.
Stephens also had to coach the Lady Bulldogs at the same tournament in a stressful two days for him.
The team started off the tournament by coming out the winners against Woodson in a low-scoring game 33-22.
Unfortunately, the next game against Benjamin saw the team start the game poorly which allowed the Lady Mustangs to run away with the game 66-36.
The Lady Bulldogs played one last time against tournament host Electra. In the most competitive game of the tournament, it was Prairie Valley that came out on top 42-39.
Carmen Gomez was chosen for the all-tournament team.
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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