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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Can Bowie claw Wildcats?

Published

8 years ago

11/17/2016

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By ERIC VICCARO

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The Littlefield football team was in disarray during the middle of the 2016 season, coming out of non-district play with a 2-3 record.
The Wildcats straightened things out during their bye week, and they’ve been hard to beat ever since – reeling off six straight victories.
“In district, our players stepped up and did a good job,” said Littlefield head coach Bryan Huseman. “We turned our season around.”
Littlefield has a good thing going right now, but that doesn’t mean the Wildcats are coming into Saturday’s game against Bowie overconfident.
“I think Bowie is a scary team,” said Huseman. “They have a lot of running backs that run the ball well. They execute their plays well, and the linemen are all physical.”
Huseman also was impressed with the Jackrabbit linebackers – which includes two of the area’s leading tacklers in LB Clement and Dillon Swaim. Clement and Swaim have combined for 278 stops.
Littlefield’s top player is Bryan Acevedo, who was recently Lubbock Avalanche-Journal player of the week and has rushed for more than 1,000 yards this season.
Look for Bowie’s defense to face a Littlefield slot-I offense that has piled up points in recent games – the Wildcats have scored 37 points or more in five of their past six.
Other players to watch on offense are quarterback Nathan Hobbs and Chris Douglas, who fills the role of slotback. Douglas also has eclipsed the 1,000-yard plateau. Read more in the Nov. 16 Bowie News.

Bowie’s Brandon Hutto is one of the many “scary running backs on the team,” so said Littlefield head coach Bryan Huseman. Hutto has rushed for more than 1,300 yards. (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.