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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Bowie shows betterment on defense

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9 years ago

03/11/2015

Defense wins games.
Perhaps no sport is that more the case than softball. Bobbles and miscues can lead to big innings – for the other girls.
This weekend, the Bowie High School softball team made tremendous strides in improving their defense and it paid off as the Lady Rabbits went 3-2 at their own tournament.
Bowie now stands at 5-6, before the team played Nocona in the District 3A-9 opener for both squads on Tuesday evening.
“At the Brock Tournament two weeks ago, we made 26 errors in six games,” Bowie first-year head coach Brant Farris said. “Here we made eight errors in five games. We are starting to make routine plays, and defense is what we’ve been working on in practices.”
The weekend featured many highlights, including a Maylie Short no-hitter in a Bowie conquest over Decatur and Courtney Brady’s grand-slam home run in a loss to Petrolia.
“That was quite a feat,” Farris said. “She was able to hit her spots, and the defense stood behind her.”
In Short’s no-hitter, she recorded 29 strikes in 52 total pitches. She struck out four and walked one, giving up an unearned run. She threw 10 first-pitch strikes to help out.
Farris was pleased to see the girls battle through Friday’s cold weather. Both dugouts featured heaters as temperatures plummeted to about 40 degrees by the end of the Petrolia contest. Read more, and see complete boxscores, in the mid-week Bowie News. Also see Nocona softball and baseball results in our newspaper.

Bowie High School’s Petie Wolsey makes a play in centerfield during Friday’s tournament game versus Fort Worth Christian. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Nocona gets delivered new press box

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9 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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9 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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10 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.