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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Forestburg, Throckmorton vie for district title

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9 years ago

11/04/2015

The stage is set for Friday’s District 12-1A-II championship game between Forestburg and Throckmorton.
Last year, the Greyhounds defeated Forestburg 64-7 for the title, but that was before Shane Mallory and Coletyn King bolted for Hermleigh and Hayden Farquhar graduated.
Forestburg, on paper, appears to be the better team with a 6-3 record while Throckmorton stands 3-6.
The Longhorns have scored 451 points while allowing just 259; meanwhile, the Greyhounds have totaled 291 points while surrendering 397.
Brad Hall, a former assistant at Happy, took over at Throckmorton this year. Still, Forestburg head coach Wayne Tuckwell is concerned with the game.
“They’re a well-coached team,” Tuckwell said. “What they do, they do very well. They are going to be a tough team to beat.”
On offense, Throckmorton will mostly run the Jaybird and off-set I-formation. Tuckwell said the key for Forestburg’s defense will be to contain the Greyhounds’ misdirection.
“We have to get in position to make plays and be able to tackle well,” the coach commented.
Defensively, Throckmorton will run mostly with a 4-2.
Forestburg’s offense has been scorching in recent weeks as Matthew Wallace has developed into a premier quarterback. Taten Vann is Wallace’s go-to receiver. J.D. Moore has given the Longhorns’ a threat when lined up with Wallace and his brother, Malaci, in the backfield.

OTHER GAMES

There are three other games of note in the area. Saint Jo will play host to suddenly surging Bryson, Jacksboro travels to Nocona for the Indians’ Senior Night, and Gold-Burg plays at Woodson.
Nocona will honor eight seniors, Jake Dingler, Robert Hawkins, Austin Waters, Emmanual Gaytan, Peyton Crabtree, Juan Mancilla, Barkley Hayes and Mack Hill.
Saint Jo also will have Senior Night, recognizing seniors in the sports of football, volleyball, cross country and cheerleading. T.J. Lindenborn and Clay Hall are Saint Jo’s football seniors. Read more, and see complete district standings, in the mid-week Bowie News.

Forestburg’s Malaci Moore (11) and Matthew Wallace (12) both attempt a tackle during an Oct. 29 District 12-1A-II football game versus Woodson. Forestburg plays Throckmorton Friday for the district title. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Nocona new press box put into place

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2 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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2 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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2 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.