SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: James takes the reigns in Nocona
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
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)
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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