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STORM CENTER: To replay or not to replay?
The National Football League first used instant replay to determine a correct call on Sept. 7, 1986, as the Chicago Bears played the Cleveland Browns.
The following play was reviewed.
Cleveland safety Al Gross recovered possession in the Chicago end zone after a bad snap from Bears’ center Jay Hilgenberg.
The man in the replay booth made the ultimate decision to award the ball to Cleveland.
Instant replay has expanded since then, and the capability is there to use the technology even at the high school level these days.
There was a controversial finish to a high school game on Nov. 25 as Muenster played Munday in the Conference 2A Division II Region II semifinals.
The Moguls Day’veon Dockins was ruled to have scored on a 13-yard TD pass from Trevaul Mitchell on the game’s final play to give Munday a 40-34 victory over Muenster.
It appeared to plenty of different video angles that Dockins never crossed the plane, and despite that, it’s Munday who played Iraan in the regional finals this week.
It gave me the idea to ask around to various high school football coaches a simple question: “Should instant replay be used in the high school playoffs?”
“I think it’s all or none, but you don’t have the human element of the game if you have it,” Bowie head coach Dylan Stark said.
It was a hard way for Muenster’s season to end.
But, Stark wondered how much it would cost to rig equipment for instant replay to be used for high school games.
There is a dollar amount fixed to using a video board, and some stadiums are not currently equipped with those services.
Take a look at the site of Bowie’s first-round playoff game versus Merkel.
Panther Stadium in Seymour didn’t have a video board; rather the facility had just a basic scoreboard in operation.
In the second round, Bowie played at historic Mustang Bowl in Sweetwater. Although the stadium was built in the late 1930s, it has been equipped with modern technology. Read more from this column in the Dec. 3 Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls has full video capability, and instant replay could have been used in last Friday’s controversial game between Muenster and Munday. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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.
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.
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.
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