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Football kicks off this week

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3 years ago

08/25/2021

Bowie vs Nocona

Bowie will welcome Nocona to its newer football field for the first time ever on Friday night.
Last year’s game was the rival schools’ first since 2009 in football as the Jackrabbits won mostly with a first half effort in a one-sided affair 35-6.
The programs are at different points in their developments coming into this season. Bowie Coach Cory Mandrell is entering his third year and finally had a full uninterrupted offseason to prepare for the season.
The Indians are hoping to rebound this year after winning one game last season. Coach Blake Crutsinger takes over a young team that has seen growth week after week in practice as the team learns new systems on both sides of the ball.
Crutsinger knows the challenge ahead of his team as they start their fight back towards respect.
The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 27 at Jackrabbit Stadium.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers start off their season with a bang playing the defending state champions of the Texas Christian Athletic Fellowship private school division.
The Panthers will travel to Wylie Prep Academy to play at 2 p.m. on Aug. 28 in a break from convention.
The Patriots went undefeated last year on their way to a state title. Despite losing to some offensive playmakers, they are still considered the top six-man team competing in the TCAF division in the state.
Coach Mark Stevens knows matching up with Wylie Prep’s spread offense will be a stylistic challenge his team will need to overcome which is one of the reasons why he scheduled the game.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears start their highly anticipated season at home playing a tough Perrin-Whitt team.
It is a rematch from last year’s opening game where the Bears came up just short losing 70-64. Despite the loss the fact that Gold-Burg was even competitive in that game last year was promising to see.
The Bears then went on to win six games to be the most successful team in school history.
This year, competing won’t be the goal. A win was possible last year and this year Gold-Burg now expects to against the Pirates.
The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 27.

Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns got dealt some unfortunate news on Monday as their first game this week was canceled due to COVID-19 protocol from opponent Lone Star North.
It will be treated as a bye-week and an opportunity for Coach Greg Roller to get ready for the team’s next opponent Wichita Christian.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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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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(Courtesy photo)

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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3 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.