SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Gold-Burg, Saint Jo set for clash
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
Saint Jo and Gold-Burg High School’s football teams are virtually mirror images of each other.
Both teams are coming off lopsided losses, and the Bears and Panthers are both very young and inexperienced.
Saint Jo and Gold-Burg will square off at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at Joe Corpening Field.
Tallon said one of the keys to victory will be how to handle Gold-Burg’s Jaybird unbalanced offense.
“Rogers (Billy) is getting more confidence every week,” Tallon said.
On defense, Tallon expects Gold-Burg to try and use its quickness to thwart the Panthers. The coach said the team has put last Friday’s loss at Milford behind them.
It was a tough night versus Milford as Saint Jo was held to less than 100 yards of offense. The Panthers were in the red zone twice, but couldn’t quite capitalize on their chances.
Preston Lyons finished 6-of-20 passing with one interception, a far cry from his dazzling effort versus Harrold on Aug. 28.
Like Saint Jo, Gold-Burg’s offense was held in check as the Bears amassed just 72 yards, and Rogers had 58 of that. Coplin Miller lead the defense with three tackles.
“They are similar to what we have,” agreed Gold-Burg head coach Jay Johnson. “They are young with new personnel.” Read more, and see complete game summaries from last Friday’s games, in the mid-week Bowie News.
High school football. (Metro photo, used with permission)
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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