SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Nocona opens with Alvord on the road
By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com
The Nocona High School football team has plenty of expectations coming into the 2017 season, but the district schedule certainly isn’t easy.
Nocona will open the district slate on the road at Holliday on Oct. 13, and both the Indians and Eagles are expected to vie for the District 3A-II-5 title.
“Everything’s in reverse this year,” said Nocona head football coach/athletic director Brad Keck. “We have to play Holliday, Jacksboro and Henrietta on the road. That’s how it worked out.”
Maybe Nocona will be a better road than home team this year.
The Indians also face a first-year head coach in Jacksboro’s Brannon Rodgers, who comes to Jack County from Crosbyton – where Rodgers compiled a record of 72-51.
Keck said he expects Jacksboro to feature a different offense this year, going from a spread to more of a power game with a wing-T formation.
“I think from top to bottom, the district is going to be competitive,” he said.
Henrietta ran the table in the district last year, going 5-0. Holliday was second at 4-1, with Nocona third at 3-2. Jacksboro also qualified for the postseason.
The Indians have made great strides since a winless 2014 season. Nocona finished with a 7-4 record in 2016, falling in the bi-district round to Leonard in Denton. Read more in the June 21 Bowie News.
Nocona quarterback Jeremy James (3) reacts after throwing a TD pass against Archer City last September. James recently attended a summer camp at Texas A&M University. (News file photo by Eric Viccaro)
Bowie’s girl’s golfers (left) won the Buzzy Open at Diamond Oaks Golf Course shooting 375. Miley Thompson was 4th place individual shooting an 87 and Tess Egenbacher was 5th place individual shooting an 88. Kendall Fallis shot a 99 with both Reegen Ferguson and Lillie Maddox shooting 101. The boys finished second in their division. Caden Belcher led the boys with a 73, good enough for fourth place. Cason Airington fired a 76, Rayder Mann a 78, Preston Loyd an 83 and Chase White a 91. Team 2 was led by Trae Siegler with an 84, Easton Richey shot an 87. Bear Combs shot an 89, Caden Rutherford a 89 and Cody Chandler a 114.
Both squads had their steallar rounds against a number of 5A and 6A schools.
Courtesy photos
By BRIAN SMITH
sports@bowienewsonline.com
Several county 1A teams took part in the Forestburg track meet March 5.
The host Longhorns, Saint Jo, Gold-Burg, Bellevue, and Prairie Valley all took part in the day long event.It was the first meet hosted at the new track which was finished earlier this school year. Both girls and boys competed at the meet.
See the full results in the Thursday Bowie News.
Pictured – Saint Jo’s girls competed in a relay race at the meet. (Photo by Jennifer Gaston)
By BRIAN SMITH
sports@bowienewsonline.com
Saint Jo opened its boy’s baseball tournament March 5 with a 3-all, five-inning tie with Ector.
Ector stranded a runner in the top of the first. Saint Jo struck for a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Pictured Damon Byrd of Saint Jo looks to bunt against Ector at a tournament opener. (Photo by Brian Smith)
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