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Bowie loses opening game 46-6

Published

5 years ago

09/04/2019

The Bowie Jackrabbits football started its season on a tough note as it traveled to Godley on Friday night.
The Jackrabbits lost 46-6 in a game that was dominated by the Wildcats.
Bowie started the game off with a great play. On defense, tall cornerback Boo Oakley jumped in front of a pass to the flat and raced 60 yards for a touchdown to put the Jackrabbits up 6-0 on Godley’s opening offensive drive.
The Wildcats got the ball again, but Bowie’s defense again forced a turnover as it recovered a fumble to prevent Godley from scoring. Unfortunately, the Jackrabbit’s offense could not get moving and on the ensuing punt, the Wildcats blocked the kick and fell on the ball in the endzone for a touchdown.
The extra point put Godley up 7-6 and the Wildcats never looked back.
Two long touchdown passes from Ethan McBrayer to Caden Midkiff, one from 78 and the other from 27 yards away, put Godley up 20-6 by the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter saw McBrayer cap off a drive with a short two-yard run for another score from the Wildcats. Godley added another score before halftime with an interception returned for a touchdown. Bowie trailed 33-6 at halftime.
The Jackrabbit’s defense picked up in the second half. Another Wildcat touchdown was averted when Tru’Vion Sansom intercepted a pass inside Bowie’s 10-yard line after jumping a slant route.
Godley’s only score in the third quarter came on special teams. Parker Priddy took back a punt 42 yards for a touchdown to give the Wildcats a 39-6 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Godley added one more touchdown early in the fourth quarter with a nine-yard rush from Kobly Bartlet to make the final score 46-6.
Bowie’s offense struggled to score with 177 total yards of offense and four turnovers, with big plays coming few and far between. Drives just could not be sustained as the team went 4-16 in third down conversions and 0-3 on fourth down.
Coach Cory Mandrell did not see much good from his team Friday night. With several players playing in their first official varsity game, he hopes everything can get smoothed out with more experience.
“We all will continue to get better and better,” Mandrell said. “The more experience we get.”
The Jackrabbits play their first home game this Friday against an equally tough Bridgeport team that is coming off a big loss as well. Kick-off will be at 7:30 p.m.

To see statistics, 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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(Courtesy photo)

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.