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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Saint Jo, Forestburg clash Friday

Published

9 years ago

09/30/2015

Forestburg and Saint Jo are roughly 12 miles apart.
Since Saint Jo dropped down to six-man football, the Panthers and Longhorns have formed a rivalry in Montague County.
The programs will play on Friday as Forestburg travels to Saint Jo for a non-district showdown at Harley Sewell Field. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
The match-up is made all the more dramatic knowing Forestburg head coach Wayne Tuckwell once served as an assistant at Saint Jo.
“Wayne’s done a great job at Forestburg,” Saint Jo head coach Chad Tallon said. “It’s always fun to play each other. The kids play each other in every sport. They know each other.”
Tuckwell moved from Northside, a six-man football powerhouse, to take a similar position in Saint Jo before eventually moving to the head spot in Forestburg.
“It’s always a big game,” Tuckwell said.
Tuckwell said the biggest thing is to keep the Longhorns focused, and beating Saint Jo would be a big part of that.
Last year’s game was a classic as Forestburg defeated Saint Jo 69-54 at Longhorn Stadium.
Tuckwell said it’s going to be important for the Longhorns to play disciplined football and be in the right position – especially against Saint Jo’s new spread formation with Blake Anderson and Preston Lyons making the Panther offense tick.
Most of the time, Saint Jo will run a 4-2 defense. For Forestburg, the task at hand will be to stay on their blocks in an attempt to move the ball.
Forestburg (2-3) is coming off 60-32 loss to Nazarene Christian based in Crowley. Meanwhile, Saint Jo (3-1) has had two weeks to prepare for the Longhorns.

Gold-Burg reaches bye week

The Gold-Burg football team lost on Homecoming 39-0 to Victory Life Christian of Durant, Okla.
This week, the Bears will spend time beginning a two-week crash course on Tioga, a six-man program on the rise. Read more, and see complete summaries and standings, in the mid-week Bowie News.

Gold-Burg’s Walker Bird (5) attempts to tackle Jake Hodge from Victory Life Christian during Friday’s 6-man game in Stoneburg. The Bears suffered a 39-0 Homecoming loss. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Ryan Evans)

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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.