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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.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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