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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: It’s one down, one to go

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By ERIC VICCARO
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Every one of Montague County’s football-playing high schools completed their first scrimmages this past weekend.
Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo dodged bad weather on Friday evening, while Gold-Burg and Forestburg dealt with soggy grounds from the aftermath on Saturday morning.
Bowie head coach Dylan Stark reported the Jackrabbits scored three touchdowns during the varsity scrimmage. The freshman team scored once.
The coach was satisfied with how the scrimmage went, despite having a one-hour delay due to lightning.
“It was good,” Stark said. “I felt like we were able to evaluate a lot of guys offensively and defensively, on film.”
Stark said the only problem the delay presented it that both offenses had trouble establishing a rhythm – Bowie and Bridgeport.

Nocona

Nocona head coach Brad Keck said the Indians and Windthorst were able to complete their scrimmage at Jack Crain Stadium.
“It worked out,” Keck said. “It was raining hard for a while, but we were able to finish the scrimmage.”
Keck said Nocona’s offensive line was tested by a sizable Windthorst defensive front, and the Indians had trouble moving the ball.

Saint Jo

Like Nocona, Saint Jo also was able to complete its scrimmage shortly before a massive power outage hit the entire northern half of Montague County.
Preston Lyons scored Saint Jo’s lone touchdown on a short-distance run.
“It was a typical first scrimmage,” said Saint Jo head coach Chad Tallon. “We were able to get the kids in there, and see what they could do.”

Forestburg

Forestburg had a scrimmage with Covenant Classical of Fort Worth on Saturday morning. Covenant Classical brought only nine players.
Longhorn Kurtis Smith scored the team’s lone touchdown, head coach Wayne Tuckwell reported.
Tuckwell was pleased with how new starting quarterback J.D. Moore played. However, Moore still needs work on mechanics and “getting the ball out sooner.”

Gold-Burg

Gold-Burg also had a scrimmage on Saturday morning with Notre Dame from Wichita Falls. Notre Dame played in a Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools championship game in 2015.
“I thought things went well for us the first half of the scrimmage,” said coach Jay Johnson.
But eventually because of the Bears’ lack of depth, players wore down.

Read more in the Aug. 17 Bowie News.

Bowie’s Brandon Hutto rushes with the ball during Friday’s scrimmage against Bridgeport at Jackrabbit Stadium. Hutto will be a featured back this season for the team. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Bowie Sports Banquet

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The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.

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Chisholm Trail Rodeo entertains crowd

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A steer wrestler gets a good grip as he comes off his horse to get the steer on the ground. (Photo by Benjimen Barker from J Bar S Photography)

The 72nd Chisholm Trail Rodeo was a big success on Friday and Saturday nights at Nocona.
The rodeo had big crowds and saw some good competition from both local and far reaching talent.
Winners in the events included Zach Hibler in bareback riding, Lindsey Muggli in barrel racing, Ashley Goforth in breakaway roping, Leanardo Lima in bull riding, Cody McCartney in calf roping, Thomas Moellering in ranch bronc riding, Wacey Hathcock in saddle bronc riding, Renato Finazzi in steer wrestling, Rowdy Jones and Rance Doyal in team roping.

To see full results and more pictures, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Saint Jo pair heading back to state tennis

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Saint Jo girl’s doubles team Kyler Dunn and Taylor Patrick won the 1A region III tournament to earn a second straight trip to state. (Courtesy photo)

The regional tennis tournaments were late last week in North Richland Hills and a doubles team is moving on to state.
The Saint Jo girl’s doubles team Kyler Dunn and Taylor Patrick won the 1A region III tournament and will return to state for the second straight year.
The pair rolled through teams from Morgan, Dodd City, Priddy before beating a Graford team in the finals. The pair did not lose a set and only lost five of the 53 games it played, never losing more than one in a set.
The team made it to state last year after finishing second at regionals and won a match at the state meet against a team from Vernon Northside. They then lost to the eventual state champion team from Utopia and finished tied for third place.
They will be the only tennis players from Montague County playing at state this week as others did not have as successful regional tournament.
The Saint Jo teammates and fellow girl’s doubles team Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson won their first match against Ector 6-1, 6-4, but fell in their next match against Lometa, 6-1, 6-1.
From Prairie Valley, Case Carpenter was competing in boy’s singles. His first match was a draining two and half hour battle against a player from Strawn Carpenter came through in the three-set battle, winning 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
Unfortunately, the magic was not there in the second game. Paired against the eventual tournament champion from Gustine, Carpenter lost 6-0, 6-1.
From Gold-Burg, Alyson Rojas and Jimena Garcia competed in girl’s singles. Rojas won her first match against a girl from Avinger 7-6, 6-2. Unfortunately, the next match she lost to a girl from Graford 6-0, 6-0 to end her tournament.
Garcia lost a tough first match against a player from Ector. Both sets could have gone either way with the scores being 6-4, 7-5 to the winner.
The mixed doubles team from Forestburg, Jesse Wadsworth and Alli Cisneros, also did not make it through.
From Nocona, Kaygan Stone was playing in the girl’s singles 2A region II tournament.
Unfortunately, she got paired against the player who would go on to win the tournament in the first round to end her season.

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

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