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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Holliday hexes Nocona boys again

Published

9 years ago

02/25/2015

For the Nocona High School boys’ basketball team, playing Holliday has been very much like the old Dr. Seuss “Green Eggs and Ham” tale.
Nocona tried with might.
But, the Indians couldn’t beat the Eagles at the Fantasy of Lights of Tournament in Wichita Falls back in November – falling 65-62 in the third-place game.
Then, during the District 3A-9 slate, Nocona lost to Holliday at the Eagles’ place 58-51. The Indians then suffered a 54-36 home setback against Holliday.
Last Friday in a Conference 3A tie-breaker game, Holliday once again beat Nocona, this time by a count of 57-43 at Burkburnett High School.
This was yet another physical clash between the Indians and Eagles, leaving players battered, bruised, and even bloodied.
“They have all that size inside,” Nocona head coach Tyson Mankin said regarding why Holliday has been such a tough match-up for the Indians.
“We have to spend a lot of energy and effort defending those guys,” Mankin continued. “That leaves their guards with open looks, and they’ve been knocking down shots against us.”
Nocona is 17-13 overall, and 10-5 in 3A-9, which was good enough for third place. The Indians will play Whitesboro at 7:45 p.m. tonight in a Conference 3A bi-district game scheduled for Decatur.

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Nocona High School’s Kameron Hill (center) and Cristian Ibarra (right) battle for possession of the ball with Holliday’s Easton Stringer during the second half of Friday’s District 3A-9 playoff game at Burkburnett High School. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Nocona gets delivered new press box

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3 hours ago

07/20/2024

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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.

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Richey repeats at IFYR

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4 hours ago

07/20/2024

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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.

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Youth rodeo awards presented

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4 hours ago

07/20/2024

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The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo presented awards for its summer season this week. Tess Egenbacher won the top cowgirl buckle for the 13-18 age division, which was presented to her by Kyle Bishop. (Courtesy photo)

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.