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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Monkres leads the stars

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8 years ago

01/27/2016

Two years ago, Bowie High School football player Josh Monkres was transferred to a spot on the Jackrabbit offensive line.
Bowie head football coach Dylan Stark said Monkres was totally receptive to the idea, and he helped transform the Jackrabbit wall into a formidable one.
For the second straight season, the Associated Press Sports Editors of Texas recognized Monkres’ talent, garnering him honorable mention all-state accolades.
For this accomplishment, Monkres was selected to be the team captain on The Bowie News All-Montague County team.
“Josh was very unselfish when he switched to the offensive line,” Stark said. “He’s got good feet. He knows how to move because he’s so quick and strong off the ball.”
This marks the second straight year for the newspaper to field an all-county team.
There were some modifications this year. The team roster was bumped up from 27 to 30 players, and there also is a list of honorable mentions.
The roster features 13 offensive players, 13 defensive players and four specialists. In modern football, more emphasis has been placed on special teams, and that’s why there are four slots.
This season provided a mixed bag for local teams.
Bowie ventured into unchartered territory by winning its first playoff game since Hall & Oates’ “Private Eyes” was No. 1 back in 1981. The Jackrabbits downed Clyde 44-40 in a Conference 3A Division I area contest.
“It didn’t happen overnight,” Stark said. “The senior class bought in, worked hard and stuck with it, and it paid off.”
Forestburg had just as historic a season, with first-ever district and bi-district championships before falling to Motley County in the Conference 1A Division II’s area round.
“We made history,” Forestburg head coach Wayne Tuckwell said. “I told the three seniors (Taten Vann, Malaci Moore and Nate Shepherd) three years ago if they stuck with me they would be able to do something special, and they did.” Read more in The Bowie News.

ALL-MONTAGUE COUNTY TEAM 2015

Team Captain
Josh Monkres, Bowie

Offense
Quarterback: Trace Hardee, Bowie
Running backs: J.D. Moore, Forestburg; and Brandon Hutto, Bowie
Wide receivers: Jeffery Howard, Bowie; Blake Anderson, Saint Jo; and Skyler Sandusky, Forestburg.
Tight end: Taten Vann, Forestburg
Offensive linemen: Jonathan Chancellor, Bowie; Nate Shepherd, Forestburg; Jared Roberts, Bowie; Josh Monkres, Bowie; Barkley Hayes, Nocona; and Tilghman Parr, Bowie
Kicker: Mario Lopez, Saint Jo
Specialist: Tanner Cable, Nocona

Defense
Defensive line: Malaci Moore, Forestburg; Kevin Stallcup, Bowie; Emmanuel Gaytan, Nocona; and T.J. Lindenborn, Saint Jo
Linebackers: Cayden Cox, Bowie; Matthew Wallace, Forestburg; Peyton Crabtree, Nocona; Billy Rogers, Gold-Burg; and L.B. Clement, Bowie.
Defensive backs: Chase Hall, Bowie; Robert Hawkins, Nocona; Stevie Carroll, Forestburg; and Blake Allen, Gold-Burg
Punter: Coplin Miller, Gold-Burg
Specialist: Wyatt Park, Forestburg

Honorable mentions
Carter Shackelford, Daniel Mosley, Gage Posey and Saul Landaverde, Bowie; Preston Lyons, Saint Jo; Brandon Lee, Ethan Hellman, Bruce Mueller and Ryan Downs, Gold-Burg; Bear Osteen and Fernando Gonzales, Forestburg; Marcus Carter, Brendan Ramsey and Parker Marshall, Nocona.
Editor’s Note: Weight was added for all-state and all-district honors as well as overall team performance.

Bowie’s Tilghman Parr (55) and Jared Roberts (78) spring Brandon Hutto (5) for the game-winning touchdown over Clyde on Nov. 13. The Jackrabbits defeated Clyde 44-40 for the bi-district championship, their first playoff victory in 34 years. Parr, Hutto and Roberts all made the All-Montague County team. (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.