Plowboys Down Chico 47-20

Gunner Helm (10) makes the tackle as Garrett Bowers (64) and Sam Meier (56) close in. (Photo from KTXS video.)

The Plowboys got their first win of the year in Cisco Friday evening by upsetting the Chico Dragons 47-20. Chico, a 2A-D1 school, came into the contest with a 2-1 record after two blowout wins and no doubt expected to do the same with Roscoe. That’s not how the game turned out, however, as the Plowboys jumped out to an early lead they never relinquished.

The game began with neither side able to score until Junior Martinez went over from the four late in the first quarter. The extra-point attempt failed, but the Plowboys were ahead 6-0. Then, early in the second quarter, Martinez connected with a 10-yard pass to Vidal Aguayo to increase the lead to 12-0. Then on a subsequent possession, he completed a 33-yarder to Jaythan Coale to make it 18-0. Finally, with less than a minute left in the half, he and Coale connected again, this time on a 40-yard pass play that put the Plowboys up 24-0. Ryan Highsmith ran in the two-point conversion attempt, and at halftime the Plowboys had a commanding lead, 26-0.

The third quarter started badly for Roscoe, as the Dragons received the kickoff and scored two quick touchdowns, both by quarterback Eddie Salinas. The first was a 15-yard run, and the second a 50-yarder. The extra-point kick failed on the first touchdown but succeeded on the second, and the score was 26-13. At this point, it looked like Chico was back in the game, but their hopes faded when the Plowboys answered with two more scores before the end of the quarter. The first came on a 1-yard Martinez run to increase the lead to 32-13 and the second on an 8-yard pass from Martinez to Highsmith. Highsmith kicked the extra point, making the score 39-13 and effectively putting the game out of reach for the Dragons, although they did score once more before the quarter ended with Roscoe leading 39-20.

Then, midway through the fourth quarter, Martinez hit Coale for the final TD on a 31-yard pass play. Vidal Aguayo ran for the extra points, and the Plowboys won 47-20.

Scoring by quarters:
               Plowboys          6            20            13            8
               Chico                 0              0            20           0

The Plowboys led the game in time of possession, number of plays and total yardage. They had 20 first downs to Chico’s 11, and had 3 takeaways (2 fumbles and 1 interception) while giving up none.

Junior Martinez led the Plowboys on offense, completing 15 of 26 passes for 304 yards and 5 TDs, and rushing for 126 yards on 29 carries for 2 TDs. Jaythan Coale led the receivers with 4 catches for 119 yards and 3 TDs, Vidal Aguayo had 4 catches for 63 yards and 1 TD, and Highsmith had 4 catches for 35 yards and 1 TD. Antonio Aguayo had 1 catch for 9 yards. Gunner Helm rushed 10 times for 23 yards and Kolten Hope 8 times for 18 yards.

Vidal Aguayo led the defense with 9 tackles and 1 fumble recovery. Garrett Bowers and Jake Gonzales both had 4 tackles, Helm had 3, Martinez, Hope, and Coale 2, and 4 others had 1. Zachary Parrott recovered a fumble, and Antonio Aguayo intercepted a pass.

The Plowboys have an open date this week. Their next game will be at Plowboy Field for Homecoming when they take on Christoval, who beat Cross Plains 26-12 Friday night.

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JUNIOR MARTINEZ IS BIG COUNTRY PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Junior Martinez

For his outstanding performance against Chico last Friday, Plowboy quarterback Junior Martinez has been named the Big Country Player of the Week by Big Country Preps. The website cited his hand in all seven of the Plowboy touchdowns, two by rushes and five by passes, his 27 runs for 129 yards, his 20 of 32 passes for 304 yards, and, on defense, his 6 tackles and 2 pass breakups.

The article is available online here.

Congratulations, Junior! Here’s hoping you have more of these before the season is over!

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T. G. SHEPPARD RETURNS TO WEST TEXAS WIND FESTIVAL

T. G. Sheppard

Country music legend T. G. Sheppard is back for a second try. As those at last year’s Wind Festival will recall, his scheduled live performance stopped just as it was getting started by a sudden rain that sent everyone running for cover. It also damaged some of his sound equipment and ended the festivities for the day. He’s been re-booked for this year and is hoping for better luck this time.

A singer who has been named one of the top 100 country artists of all time, Sheppard has had 21 No. 1 hits on the U.S. Country charts, including 8 consecutive number ones between 1980 and 1982, and over thirty others in the top ten. You won’t want to miss this rare opportunity to see him.

This year’s West Texas Wind Festival will also feature the Plowboy Mudbog, the usual downtown street scene with vendors, and another great fireworks show. After the fireworks show, there will be free live music and dancing at the Lumberyard, so make plans now to attend.

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ROSCOE CROSS-COUNTRY MEET RESULTS

Athletes from thirteen schools participated in the Roscoe Cross-Country Meet on Thursday: Coahoma, Gail Borden, Hawley, Hermleigh, Ira, Jayton, Lamesa Klondike, Loraine, O’Donnell, Robert Lee, Roscoe Collegiate, Highland, and Westbrook. 

A total of 236 athletes participated in several categories: 7th Grade Girls, 7th Grade Boys, 8th Grade Girls, 8th Grade Boys, Junior High Girls, Junior High Boys, Junior Varsity Girls, Junior Varsity Boys, Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.

Three Plowgirls won their events: Zoey Welch for the 7th Grade Girls, Mahalia Calderon for the Junior Varsity Girls, and Itzel Ortega.Solis for the Varsity Girls.

Here are the complete results for the Roscoe athletes:

7th Grade Girls: 1st Place Team
1. Zoey Welch
3. Amri Deloera
5. Shannon Sanders
7. Kelbi Parks
9. Daniella Vela
10. Leila Valdez

8th Grade Girls: 3rd Place Team
3. Kaidy Ornelas

Junior Varsity Girls: 1st Place Team
1. Mahalia Calderon
4. Cameron Greenwood
5. Jaiden Amador
6. Mia Lavalais
9. Kaylea Perez
10. Jacey Rodriquez

Junior High Boys
8. Graham Gleaton

Varsity Girls: 2nd Place Team
1. Itzel Ortega-Solis

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LETTER TO THE HOMECOMING COMMITTEE

 The following is a letter to the Homecoming Committee from the Valedictorian of the Class of ’39: 

Thank you for your invitation to the Homecoming. My name is Clara McPherson, and I was the Valedictorian of the Class of 1939 and Becky Millford was the Salutatorian.

I was a Professor of Nutrition at Texas Tech for 33 years. My husband, a Chemistry Professor, and I were married 70 years until his death 5 years ago.

As far as I know, there are no people from my class still alive, and I am now age of 97 years old.

Thank you for inviting me. It’s nice to be remembered!

Best wishes to everyone,
Clara Mueller McPherson

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WEATHER REPORT: A LITTLE MORE RAIN

Clouds on Monday.

The weather this past week was similar to the previous one with temperatures cooler than they were earlier in the month but still slightly above average for this time of year. The highs were in the nineties for all the days but Saturday and Sunday, which were mostly cloudy with highs of 86° both days. High for the week was Thursday’s 93° with lows ranging from Saturday’s 65° to Monday’s 72°.

Showers fell in the area. Most were light, although I understand that at least one farm southwest of town got 1½ inches on Saturday. I also saw showers west and southwest of town on Monday but don’t know how much anyone got from them. Most other areas including Roscoe itself got lighter rains.  I got .2” on Saturday night and .18” on Sunday. Kenny got .16” and .21” from the same showers. Monday also had some light rains, the amount depending on the location.

Fall officially began on Monday but you wouldn’t know it from the temperatures. The forecast is for warmer weather for the next five days. All will have sunny or mostly sunny skies with highs in the nineties. Today’s forecast high of 93° increases to 94° tomorrow and Friday with the weekend only slightly cooler with highs of 91° and 90° on Saturday and Sunday. Lows will range from 70° to 72°.

There is little chance of rain before next week.

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