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Nocona beats down Venus 62-0

Published

6 years ago

09/12/2018

The Nocona Indians were able to get over their disappointing opening game loss by crushing Venus in their home opener Friday night.
The Indians crushed the Bulldogs 62-0, with all of the scoring coming in the first three quarters. Quarterbacks Hunter Fenoglio and Carter Horn combined to complete 11 of 13 passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns. Tighte end Jason Sparkman led the team catching four passes for 80 yards and two touchdowns.
It was on the ground where Nocona hurt Venus as the Indians racked up 315 yards on only 34 carries for a six touchdowns from five different players. Tyler Richards led the team with 91 yards and scored one touchdown while Lane Geurin tied for the team lead by scoring two touchdowns on the ground.
Defensively the Indians recovered two fumbles, with Joan Gomez scooping and scoring for 36 yards and a touchdown.
Despite Venus being a bigger school district in 4A, they were a step down in competition for Nocona compared to the previous week. Keck knew he had to evaluate other factors besides just the overwhelming outcome.
After being displeased with his offense in the first game due to what he feels was a lack of the basics, he felt he saw a lot of improvement in that area.
“We didn’t have near as many mental mistakes as what we made against Boyd,” Keck said. “Just as far as lining up right and running the right plays. The secondary rolling right. We did things a lot better this week than we did last week.”

To read the whole 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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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.