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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: James takes the reigns in Nocona

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9 years ago

08/26/2015

The 2015 high school football season will be upon on us Thursday when Gold-Burg travels to rural Vernon for a game against Northside.
The following night the slate features these regional games: Alvord at Nocona, Harrold at Saint Jo and Tioga at Forestburg.
All games will take place at 7:30 p.m., with Nocona’s game at Jack Crain Stadium, Saint Jo plays at Harley Sewell Field and Forestburg is home at Longhorn Stadium.
Alvord will be a challenge for Nocona. The Bulldogs feature dangerous wide receiver Jaylon White and they also run the ball well.
“They are a power running team,” Nocona head coach Brad Keck said. “They will run power I-formation, some shotgun, some three-back to no-back looks.”
Nocona’s 4-3 defense will be pressed to keep the Bulldogs under wraps. Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine has picked Alvord to finish second in District 5-2A-I.
The Indians had all sorts of trouble last year as their lone score came on special teams and Alvord outgained Nocona 329-167, nearly double the output, as the Bulldogs triumphed 38-8.
But, Keck is optimistic.
“I think it’s going to come down to execution,” he said. “We made too many mistakes last year, and we had a lot of first-year players. We have to be able to execute on offense, and the defense needs to settle down.”
Nocona made some changes in the offseason to get better. Keck hired Bryce Reed as the offensive coordinator and sophomore Jeremy James will make his first start at quarterback. Plus, Emmanuel Gayton will be the featured running back from the start of the season. Read more football previews in the mid-week Bowie News.

Emmanuel Gayton rushes past an Eastland defender during a 2014 season game at Jack Crain Stadium in Nocona. (News file photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Nocona new press box put into place

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3 days 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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3 days 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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3 days 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.