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Lady Rabbits win senior night 48-36
The Bowie Lady Rabbits wrapped up second place in district with their regular season finale at home against Vernon.
The Lady Rabbits won 48-36 against a tough Lady Lions team that was hoping to play spoiler for Bowie’s senior night.
The Lady Rabbits nearly lost at Vernon the first time two teams played back in January, escaping with a one-point win 33-32 despite the Lady Lions ultimately finishing outside of the playoff picture.
Both teams came out pressing and early on Vernon got out to a 6-0 lead. Bowie came back, scoring five points in the final two minutes of the quarter to steal the lead 10-9.
The Lady Lions 2-3 zone and quick hands seemed to initially keep out the Lady Rabbits players from getting to the basket. Bowie did get some open shots from 3-point range, but not many were going in as usual.
Vernon was scoring inside and feasting off some uncharacteristic turnovers from the Lady Rabbits while also doing a good job of getting to the free throw line.
Some of that was cleaned up in the second quarter as more players got involved in the scoring and Bowie took control up 23-17.
The Lady Rabbits defensively stayed locked in during the third quarter, limiting Vernon to only five points to extend their lead to double-digits up 35-22 heading into the final period.
The Lady Lions played with more urgency in the final period and got back to the free throw line with more frequency to score at their best pace all game. Thankfully, Bowie was able to keep pace and made enough free throws down the stretch to keep the game from getting scary in the final few minutes.
The Lady Rabbits won their final regular season game 48-36.
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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