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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Hop over the hump

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9 years ago

10/14/2015

The Bowie High School football team cleared a hurdle for the first time in a number of seasons.
See, the Jackrabbits overwhelmed Boyd 45-7 on Friday at home. It marked the first time since Dylan Stark’s first season as head coach Bowie won its district opener.
Now Bowie faces the daunting task of playing at Brock, a football program that arrived last season as a Conference 3A Division I regional finalist. The Eagles are undefeated at 6-0.
Stark said he’s expecting a hard-fought game.
“We think back to how competitive the Brock game was (a year ago),” Stark said. “There are going to be a lot of competitive games in this district.”
Stark said it all comes down to control.
Brock isn’t one of these new-age teams.
“They like to run the ball,” Stark said. “They like the quarterback under center, with multiple backs. They run a lot of power formations.”
Leddy French, last year’s top district player, and Tyler Gray make the offense go as the Eagles have piled up 344 points through six games. Both French and Gray are the same style running back with both ample speed and power.
Defensively, middle linebacker Zane Young will key the group. Brock has surrendered just 24 points this season. Stark said he was particularly impressed with Young.
Bowie is coming off, arguably, its best performance of the season. The Jackrabbits totaled a season-high 534 yards while allowing Boyd just 87. The margin in first downs was 25-4 in Bowie’s favor. Read more and see complete statistics and district standings in the mid-week Bowie News.

Bowie’s Jeffery Howard (7) tries to find room to run during the second-half opening kickoff return against Boyd. The Jackrabbits defeated Boyd 45-7 in the District 4-3A-I opener. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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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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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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2 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.