W’boro edged by Bells
The Whitesboro Bearcat football team fell to Bells on the road Friday with a 18-6 final.
The Panthers held Whitesboro to a single first-quarter touchdown, controlled the clock and grinded out the win.
The lone Bearcat touchdown came when sophomore quarterback Colt Fagan connected with Brayden Bomar on a 72-yard touchdown pass with 4:54 left in the first quarter.
The Bearcats missed the PAT but took the first lead 6-0.
Fagan completed 24 of 38 passes for 249 yards and a touchdown.
He rushed 10 times for 46 yards.
Bomar led the Bearcat offense with five catches for 115 yards and a touchdown.
Levi Weddel caught 11 passes for 79 yards.
He also rushed for 34 yards on 13 carries.
Wyatt Winchester had three catches for 30 yards.
The loss takes Whitesboro to 1-1 on the season.
They will host Graham tonight.
Pirates top Cooper
The Collinsville Pirate football team rolled out of Week Two with a 38-2 win over Cooper.
Coming on the heels of statement making Week One over Tioga, the 2-0 has the underestimated Pirates on the map.
The latest Dave Campbell’s Texas High School football poll has the Pirates ranked at Number 10 in UIL 2A DII.
Sophomore Pirate quarterback J.J. Jenkins threw two touchdown passes.
He also caught a TD pass from Jaxon Spivey.
Cash Morgan returned a fumble for a score.
Chad Davidson and Paxton Davidson both had the touchdown receptions.
Running back Garrett Trevino scored on the ground and Fernando Perez kicked a field goal for Collinsville.
The Pirates look to extend to 3-0 on the year when they host Callisburg tonight in homecoming action.
Bulldogs nip Ponder 43-42
The Tioga Bulldog football team bounced back after a week one loss to Collinsville and topped Ponder Friday night 43-42 on the road.
The Bulldogs entered the match-up after having lost several key players to injury in Week One.
“We got four great returning linemen from last year, and all four of them are out (due to injury) in the first quarter of last week. We got a starting corner, starting receiver, backup corner (all injured). We’re the walking wounded right now,” Tioga head coach Zack Birdwell said. “But we have numbers and we have guys that truly trusted this and knew at some point their time’s going to be called on. And that’s what we talk about. You don’t ever know when that’s going to be, but if you just trust the process and trust what we’re doing, at some point it’s going to love you back.”
Tioga senior Johnny Dorpinghaus landed a 61-yard touchdown catch with 31 seconds left.
The non-district bout saw four touchdowns and three lead changes in the fourth quarter.
“They did everything we asked. We try to have lots of things we talk about in the off season, so nothing catches us off guard,” Birdwell said. “And I feel like we battled about as much adversity as we could.”
Dorpinghaus totaled seven catches for 177 yards and three TDs, two carries for 59 yards and had a 34-yard pass.
Senior quarterback Rocky Urich went 20-of-35 passing for 350 yards, five touchdowns and an interception.
Senior Austin Norwood had six catches and 120 yards.
Slade Babbitt and Sam Mott each had touchdown catches.
Birdwell said he scheduled up for 3A DI because Ponder reminds him of the Marlin team Tioga lost to in Round Three of the post season last year.
“This game right here was scheduled for one reason, and it was because of the third round last year. I thought they gave us a look. (They have an) unbelievable junior quarterback,” Birdwell. “I thought it would give us a look at Marlin’s quarterback. They have some big guys up front, just like Marlin, and I wanted us to see that. As much as I would like to roll in 4-0 and schedule wins, we were scheduling for the vision, and this is a big one for us.”
Tioga looks to extend to 2-1 on the season as they host Edgewood tonight.
Rams fall to Prairiland
The S&S Rams struggled to find offense Friday night in a 74-10 loss to Prairiland at home.
Kenny Melton had rushed 15 for 57 yards and a touchdown for the Rams.
Zane Dahler kicked a 37-yard field goal.
Quarterback Hunter Courville had 11 carries for 68 yards.
Kasyn Edwards caught two passes for 18 yards for S&S.
The Rams fell to 0-2 on the year.
They look to bounce back against Nocona tonight.
Pirate boys win, Lady Cats second at S&S XC meet
The Collinsville boys took first and Whitesboro girls took second in the Coach Brannan Ram Run hosted by S&S over the weekend.
Collinsville took gold with 66 points and edged Frisco Panther Creek at 102 points.
Tioga took eighth.
Whitesboro took ninth.
S&S finished 11th at their home meet.
Junior Bryan Hailey led the Pirates with a fourth-place finish in 16:43.93.
Sophomore Fernando Perez took sixth with a time of 17:40.55.
Junior Austin Caldwell was 17th in 18:46.19.
Junior Isaiah Smith was right behind in 18:53.48.
Junior Brandon Cantu was 29th in 19:38.89.
Senior Gavin Russell was right behind in 19:40.46.
Junior Chad Davidson was 44th in 20:09.94.
Freshman Pirate Caysen Schafer was right behind in 20:12.12.
Whitesboro junior Zander Brannan was ninth in a time of 17:58.82.
Junior Jesus Hernandez-Cortez was 26th in 19:26.21.
Junior Jayden Jobert placed 41st in 20:01.10.
Junior Aidan Brinlee was 63rd in 21:15.80.
Freshman Chase Timulson was 71st in 22:23.87.
Senior Devin Roberts was right behind in 22:26.99.
Freshman Raymond Malik was 84th in 26:38.92.
Tioga junior Alexis Santoyo-Pina was 14th in 18:37.02.
Sophomore Garrison Black was 21st in 19:00.79.
Junior Dominique Oranday was right behind in 19:01.75.
Freshman Maddux Rodriguez was 73rd in 22:29.66.
Junior Kason Pittman was 81st in 24:25.33.
S&S senior Parker Bigham placed 36th with a time of 19:49.08.
Sophomore Donaven Gingras was 59th in 20:57.42.
Sophomore Matthew Flores was right behind in 20:57.96.
Senior Hunter Bigham was 62nd in 21:08.76.
Sophomore Joe Orr was 79th in 23:29.08.
On the girls’ side, Whitesboro came in second with 55 points.
They were edged by Frisco Legacy Christian, which won with 23 points.
Junior Aubrey Beam led the Lady Bearcats with a runner-up finish in a time of 12:29.52.
Junior Reagan Downs was fifth in 13:15.07.
Sophomore Tammy Lopez was 13th in 13:46.21.
Freshman Karen Melchor placed 17th in 14:00.93.
Freshman Winley Turpin was 19th in 14:15.85.
Sophomore Sydnie Duhon was 22nd in 14:23.99.
Sophomore Alexus Arnold was 30th in 14:47.32.
S&S sophomore Dandree Meeks was 18th with a time of 14:03.23.
Freshman Ayvah Gentry was 54th in 15:57.13.
Sophomore Hannah Foster placed 60th in 16:37.78.
Sophomore Lillian Vickery was 64th in 16:48.31.
Collinsville freshman Zoey Kays was 21st in 14:21.75.
Sophomore Jaydee Matlock was 25th in 14:36.93.
Senior Roxy Stovall was 29th in 14:44.84.
Junior Ashleigh Ortowski was 47th in 15:33.44.
Freshman Paige Davidson was 51st in 15:40.44.
Junior Kim Perez was 52nd in 15:49.18.
Tioga freshman Brooke Pentacost was 73rd in 18:05.74.
Lady Bearcats beat Pottsboro
The Whitesboro Lady Bearcat Volleyball team landed a 25-20, 25-16, 25-23 win over Pottsboro last week.
The win took Whitesboro to 16-9 on the year. They traveled to Bells on Tuesday. Results were not available as of press time.
Lady Rams fall to Denison
The S&S Lady Ram volleyball team fell the Denison Lady Yellow Jackets with an 18-25, 25-17, 25-19, 25-20 final in non-district action.
S&S (11-14) traveled to Tom Bean on Tuesday night. Results were not available as of press time.
Leonard tops Tioga
The Tioga Lady Bulldog volleyball team fell to Leonard in five sets at home last week.
The Lady Bulldogs rallied late, but the final sets were 22-25, 16-25, 25-10, 25-23, 12-15.
Kyndall Whitley had 18 kills, nine digs and four assists.
Sara O’Bryan finished with 17 kills and 15 digs.
Kennedy Slay offered 11 kills.
Ella Norwood had 20 assists and 21 digs for Tioga.
Tioga played Wolfe City Tuesday. Results were not available as of press time.