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Nocona names Weaver new athletic director
Nocona has found its man as they officially announced Monday morning at a special board meeting they will hire Rick Weaver to be the new athletic director and head football coach of the Indians.
Nocona started with a reported 160 applicants since the job was put up back in December when Brad Keck announced he was moving to an administration job. Weaver’s familiarity with the area, as well as his desire to raise his family in a small town proved to be the tipping point for the Nocona Superintendent David Waters.
“He’s been an offensive coordinator and he’s been in the area with Iowa Park and Weatherford,” Waters said. “He grew up in small towns. He was looking for a place like Nocona. When we looked at his coaching style, and when we met him and his wife and their personalities, we thought it was a great fit.”
Weaver has been an offensive coordinator in recent years at Iowa Park for three seasons and at Weatherford the last two. He spent three years at Iowa Park under Aubrey Sims and the last two under Billy Mathis at Weatherford so he hopes his time working under those two will help him as he steps into his first head coach and athletic director role.
Weaver says his offensive philosophy and style will be flexible enough to suit his personnel’s strengths and minimize their weaknesses in terms of scheme.
Besides success on the football field, Weaver also looks forward to, and recognizes his job as the athletic director, to see success in all athletic fields both on and off the field/court.
Weaver’s main motivation in applying for a job in a small town was for his three young children to grow up in that type of school district.
“Getting them back in a small school atmosphere I thought they could thrive in,” Weaver said. “Give them the opportunity to do everything whether it be UIL, ag., or every sport they want to play.”
Weaver grew up and graduated from Godley, which was a smaller school district in 1998, from Tarleton State University in 2003 and has spent time at Grandview for eight year, Snyder for two years before moving on to his last two stops.
Weaver is married to Betsy who teaches elementary school in the Weatherford district. Together they have a daughter in seventh grade, a daughter in fourth grade and a son who is three.
The plan is for Weaver to come up a couple of times a week until Feb. 18, when he starts working at Nocona full time.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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.
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.
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.
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