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Football Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost their opening district game on Friday at Callisburg.
The undefeated Wildcats won easily 51-7 against the young Indian team.
The bigger and older Callisburg team used its size advantage well scoring four touchdowns in the first quarter and never looking back.
Nocona quarterback Brady McCasland scored on a 19-yard run late in the fourth quarter to keep the Indians from getting shut out. He completed eight passes for 55 yards to lead the team while Johnny Stone led the team with 25 yards rushing. Charlie Fuller caught two passes for a team high 22 yards.
Coach Blake Crutsinger thought his team took step forward despite the loss after a disappointing performance the previous week.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers blew out Keene at home on Friday night.
The Panthers won 54-8, ending the game by mercy rule in the third quarter.
Coming off consecutive games against some of the states best, Saint Jo was able to address some of its issues that came up in those games.
“We played so much better offensively than we did against Union Hill,” Coach Mark Stevens said. “There were some things we didn’t do right that we fixed.”
Forestburg
A week after winning their first game in a marathon, the Forestburg Longhorns picked up their second win against Woodson on Friday.
The Longhorns won 39-27 against the Cowboys.
It was a competitive first half with Woodson keying in on stopping Forestburg’s running game. The Cowboys led 13-6 at halftime, but the Longhorns swung the momentum in the second half.
Jesus Sanchez scooped up a fumble to score a touchdown and Forestburg never looked back. The Longhorns opted to spread the field after some trouble running the ball bunched up. Woodson had trouble adjusting and Forestburg was in control.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears four game winning streak snapped on Friday against state-ranked Benjamin.
The Mustangs won 65-20 due to mercy rule as the Bears struggled to match up against the bigger team.
Gold-Burg fell behind early and never recovered against the highly touted team from Benjamin.
It’s a bitter pill to swallow for the team heading into its bye-week before district play starts.
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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