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NFL Re-watch series; Super Bowl X

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While it would be easy to recommend watching the Dallas Cowboy’s next Super Bowl win in which they demolished the Denver Broncos in 1978, that would skip one of the most memorable Super Bowls and the beginning of the rivalry of the decade.
Despite losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers 21-17 in 1976 in Super Bowl X, the game was the start of a rivalry between the two franchises that defined the 1970s in the NFL. While the blue-collar Steelers would win four Super Bowls during the decade, with two coming against Dallas, it was the Cowboy’s who were christened America’s team as their fans would fill opposing team’s stadiums.
It was a showdown of contrasting styles and perceived team cultures. The Steelers represented the gritty style of football, with its talented defense nicknamed the Steel Curtain and its offense mostly still predicated on running the football despite Hall of Fame talent at quarterback and receivers. They had just won the franchises first championship in its 42-year team history the previous year in Super Bowl IX. The franchise had 10 future Hall of Fame players on its rosters that were all either or young or in their prime in 1975.
Dallas was coming off its only season of the decade it missed the playoffs in 1974. Gone were most of the 1960s franchise stalwarts to retirement. The team had a great draft before the season to replace some of the talent, drafting five future Pro Bowl players and one Hall of Fame player in Randy White with the second pick.
Another change came with infusing the shotgun formation on offense to give quarterback Roger Staubach room to operate behind a young offensive line. While the Cowboys were not the first football team to use the formation that dated back to the 1930s, they were the first NFL team to regularly use and popularize the formation.
The Cowboy’s famous Hail Mary play to beat the Minnesota Vikings in the division round of the playoffs that year was thanks in large part to the shotgun formation. It gave Staubach the time to launch the pass to Drew Pearson for the winning touchdown.
That along with the revolutionary way the team used computers to help scout players in the draft combined with Staubach’s clean cut image as the face of the franchise, Dallas was perceived by opposing fans as this high tech team that relied on finesse and gimmicks to beat teams.
The game was played in Miami’s Orange Bowl. All-time announcer Pat Summerall was again on the CBS broadcast, only this time it would be his first Super Bowl in the play-by-play announcer role, the position he would go on to be most known. He was paired with Tom Brookshier.
In just four years since the previous game I watched last week, Super Bowl VI, the broadcast has become much more watchable. Graphics are still used minimally, but with every commercial break showing the score, it was easy to keep track of the score. If you want to re-watch the game, you can on the NFL’s official Youtube page. Just type in both team’s names in the search bar. What is your favorite Super Bowl memory?

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Crutsinger resigns from Nocona

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Nocona Athletic Director/football coach Blake Crutsinger resigned from his position last week after spending four years at the school.

It was announced last week Nocona Athletic director/football coach Blake Crutsinger is resigning from his position at the school after serving four years.
Crutsinger said now is the time for his family to make the move, with his daughter Avery graduating after spending four years at Nocona and with his son Kellar about to enter high school and wanting the same for him at another school.
“With her going off to college, she had a really good four years here and just looking at Keller heading into high school and exploring some opportunities that might be better for him, it is just time,” Crutsinger said.
Crutsinger went 19-22 overall, helping the Indians to two playoff appearances in 2022 and 2023. The team’s best season was 2023, when it went 8-2 and won the district title, the first one in 11 years for the program.

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Cervantes signs to college

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Saint Jo senior Payzlie Cervantes signed her letter of intent to play college basketball last week at Highland College in Kansas. She also played volleyball, softball and ran track at Saint Jo. “After talking with Coach Tana Coleman, I really connected with her and loved the campus vibe and direction she wants for the team,” Cervantes said. “I’m looking forward to continuing my basketball career while getting my associates degree in nursing to become a registered nurse.”

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Sieberts earn bronze at state

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Bowie’s Willow and Heidi Siebert earned a bronze medal competing at the state tennis tournament last week. (Courtesy photo)

Last week Montague County had five girls from Bowie and Saint Jo compete at the state tennis tournament, and one team brought back some hardware.
Sisters from Bowie, junior Heidi and freshman Willow Siebert brought back a bronze medal competing in the 3A girl’s doubles bracket.
The pair were the first people from the program to make it back to state since their half sisters, Meagan and Myah Russell, advanced nine years previously.
The Sieberts came into state as a two-seed, having finished second at the regional tournament the previous week.
The duo was ready as they blew through their first two matches. They beat a team from Hondo in the first round with the scores being 6-1, 6-1 and dominated even more in the second round against a team from Tatum, winning 6-0, 6-1.
That got them through to the second day of the tournament, but Coach Dayna Boothe was worried they had had it too easy on day one.
Playing in the semifinals, the Lady Rabbits faced a familiar foe, a team from Peaster they had beaten in the regional tournament the previous week. Unfortunately, near the end of the first set, with the Sieberts fighting to stay alive, Heidi went after a high lob and slammed into the fence. She hurt her right arm and had to play through it for the rest of the match.
They lost the match with the scores being 6-3, 6-3.
It was an all Peaster final, with the other side of the bracket producing the team that both beat the Sieberts at the regional tournament and won their second straight state title.
Still, despite the disappointment, Bowie is bringing back a bronze medal. According to Boothe, after contacting people who would know dating back to the late 1970s, it could possibly be the program’s first medals from the state tournament in tennis.
Of course, Bowie was not the only school represented. Saint Jo had Taylor Patrick competing in girl’s singles and the team of Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson competing in girl’s doubles in the 1A classification.
Senior Patrick was making her third appearance at the state tournament, but her first in the singles competition.
She finished third at the regional meet which meant she had a tough first round matchup against a second seed from Fort Davis.
It took everything from Patrick in a match that lasted two and a half hours. She went down in the first set 6-2, but rebounded in a tight second set to win 6-4 to force a third and final set. She had the momentum and won 6-2 to move on.
She had to summon the energy to play later that day against a fresh one-seed player from Utopia. Patrick lost 6-1, 6-1 to end her Saint Jo career. Her opponent would go on to finish second.
Juniors Johnson and Nobile were making their first appearances at the state meet after finishing second at the regional tournament. In the first round they played a tough match against a team from Marathon. It seemed evenly matched throughout, but small mistakes at inopportune times cost them throughout the match. In the end, the team lost by the scores of 6-3, 6-3.

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