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Gold-Burg’s Helms retires

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2 years ago

05/21/2022

The end of the school year at Gold-Burg also means the school says goodbye to boy’s athletic director Joe Helms.
Helms is retiring after 27 years of coaching, the last two leading the Bear football program to heights they had never reached before.
Helms had began his teaching and coaching career in Dell City where he started as an assistant coach, but was quickly promoted to head coach when the coach there left. He learned many lessons traveling across Far West Texas over the next couple years.
Coach Helms then moved to New Home where he led the Leopards to the only 10-win season in school history.
Soon he took his talents to Grady where he was successful in football at a school that was most well-known for their basketball program.
At Grady, he led the Wildcats to the only 10-win season in school history along with the only playoff win past the first round.
Bryson was his next stop where he again stamped his name on a record book winning the first six-man playoff game in the school’s history, while becoming the only coach to win an area playoff game while there.
After several years at Bryson, West Texas called Coach Helms’ name again, as he and his family moved to Grandfalls-Royalty.
During the course of his time there, Helms won multiple district championships and brought the school’s first state championship in 2013 while also serving as superintendent of schools.
With his kids off to college and the start of his several years battling colon cancer, Helms was set to retire in 2020 when he got the itch to only coach he inquired about the Gold-Burg job thanks to his previous relationship with newly appointed principal Chad Tallon.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Nocona new press box put into place

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3 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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3 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.