There will be plenty of things to see and do—a pep rally, a football game with the crowning of high school royalty, a downtown parade, coffees, lunches, a cornhole tournament, and live music and dancing, among other activities.
Here is the final schedule for RHS/RCHS Homecoming 2021:
HOMECOMING!
ROSCOE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL
SEPTEMBER 24 & 25, 2021
ROSCOE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL
SEPTEMBER 24 & 25, 2021
FRIDAY
1:30 pm EXES RECEPTION & REGISTRATION in
Special Events Center
2:40pm PEP RALLY - New Gym, Special Events Center
4:00-7:30pm POTATO BAKE – $8 plate Special Events Center
Concession Area. Hosted by RCHS Band Boosters
7:00 pm PLOWBOYS vs. NEW HOME LEOPARDS
Watch RHS Ex, Jake Freeman, as he coaches
the Plowboys to a BIG WIN!!
Band will perform during halftime and
Homecoming court will be announced.
8pm-9:30pm VISITATION, COFFEE & REFRESHMENTS will
be held in the Special Events indoor Concession
Area, just east of the Football Concession.
SATURDAY
8:30-9:30am COFFEE & DONUTS - Roscoe Community Center on
Broadway & Bois d’arc. Come have Coffee & visit with
old & new friends. Hosted by Roscoe School Board.
10am PARADE – Downtown Roscoe
For more information on a float entry, call Misty
Reynolds @ 325-338-1005
11am-2:30 SILENT AUCTION – School Cafetorium
11:30-1:30 LUNCH - $12. Enchilada stack w/beans, rice, drink, and dessert – School Cafetorium. Prepared by Juan
and Janie Abrigo. Sponsored by Roscoe State Bank.
1:30-2:30 SHORT PROGRAM & VISIT WITH FRIENDS
School Cafetorium.
2:30-?? THE COMMUNITY CENTER will be open and
available for anyone who needs a place to meet with
classmates. Coffee & tea will be available, but any
snacks will be on you.
ROSCOE HISTORICAL MUSEUM & local businesses
will also be open for the afternoon.
6:00pm FAJITA DINNER & CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT
Old Town Park across from City Hall (100 Cypress)
For more info, contact Geory Martin 325-242-0130.
Hosted by PLOWBOY ATHLETIC BOOSTERS
Downtown Roscoe - 419 SWING BAND - Live Music
(A mix of Traditional Country and Western Swing)
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND ALL MEALS & EVENTS
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PLOWBOYS STUN CHRISTOVAL 42-30
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| Seth Wilcox (4) is on his way to the Plowboys' first touchdown. |
The Plowboys are on a roll. They have now won three games in a row, and their biggest win of the season so far came Friday evening as they surprised the Christoval Cougars 42-30.
The contest was one of the most exciting any fan could hope to witness. There were lead changes, long drives, big plays, turnovers, quick strikes, touchdowns called back by penalties, defensive goal-line stands, and a fight to the finish—in short, just about everything that makes a football game fun to watch.
It was also another one of those games that no one gave the Plowboys a chance to win. All the Abilene sportswriters picked Christoval, just as they all had done with Stamford two games earlier. Their picks came as no surprise. After all, the Cougars made it to the regional finals last year and returned most of the starters from that team. As a result, they’ve been in the state’s top ten for class 2A-II all season and were ranked number 7 entering Friday’s game.
And that status seemed well deserved with the way the game began. The Plowboys received the kickoff, went three and out, and punted. The Cougars took over on their own 34 and began a long drive that took up half the quarter. However, the Plowboys finally held them on downs and took over only to go three and out again. This time, the Plowboy punt was hurried and went almost straight up against a stiff south breeze. When it landed, it bounced backwards, resulting in a punt of zero yards. Christoval took over on the Plowboy 38 and drove to the 9, where an end-around run resulted in a touchdown, an extra-point kick, and a Cougar lead of 7-0 with 1:16 left in the quarter. After the kickoff, the Plowboys started on their own 23, and on the first play from scrimmage, Antonio Aguayo threw a long pass to Seth Wilcox, who took it all the way for a 77-yard touchdown and the evening’s first surprise. The extra-point kick was wide, but the score was 7-6, and the Plowboys were in the game.
The Cougars took the Plowboy kickoff, and, as the second quarter began, drove from their own 34 to the Plowboy 23, where a completed pass to the end zone and an extra point put them back on top 14-6. On the next Plowboy drive, a Cougar intercepted a Plowboy pass and returned it for an apparent touchdown, but a penalty negated it. The next time Christoval got the ball, they fumbled, the Plowboys recovered and drove to the 7, where Aguayo ran it in to narrow the score to 14-12. Later, the Plowboys started from the 48 and moved to the Cougar 8, where Aguayo went around left end for another TD. This time the extra-point run was good, and at halftime the Plowboys led 20-14.
The third quarter began slowly before turning into a wild sequence of events with three lead changes and three touchdowns in four plays. The Plowboys kicked off and the Cougars went three and out and punted to the Plowboys who did the same. The Cougars then drove from their own 21 to the Plowboy 37, where their big running back, Fava, ran right up the middle for a touchdown to tie the game. The extra-point run was good and Christoval was back on top, 22-20. They then kicked off, and Aguayo returned it 85 yards up the right sideline for a Plowboy touchdown. The extra-point try was again no good, but the Plowboys were ahead 26-22. Aguayo then kicked the ball through the end zone, and the Cougars began on their own 25. On the first play, Fava again broke loose and ran 75 yards for a touchdown. The extra-point run was good, and the Cougars were back on top 30-26. Then, both sides had scoreless possessions until late in the quarter when Ivan McCann ran 36 yards for another Plowboy TD, breaking a couple of tackles on the way. This time the extra-point run was good, and the Plowboys retook the lead 34-30, which was the score at quarter’s end.
In the fourth quarter, the Cougars were driving, but the Plowboys intercepted a pass. They went to the Cougar 35, where Watts threw a pass to a wide-open Lupe Leaños, who took it in for an apparent touchdown, but a penalty brought it back. A few plays later a Plowboy pass was intercepted in the end zone and the Cougars took over. Then, from the 10-yard line, the Cougar quarterback faded back to throw a pass and was sacked in the end zone for a two-point Plowboy safety, making the score 36-30 Plowboys. The Plowboys took the kick on their own 34 and moved to the Cougar 13, where McCann ran untouched into the end zone. The extra-point try was no good, but the Plowboys now had a 12-point lead, 42-30. However, since the Cougars had made several big plays for touchdowns, no one could relax with four minutes left in the game as they made a final attempt to score. The Plowboys held, though, until time expired, and they were able to celebrate a shocking upset, which no doubt has raised eyebrows of football fans all over west Texas.
Scoring by quarters:
1 2 3 4 T
Christoval 7 7 16 0 30
Plowboys 6 14 14 8 42
Total stats for the two teams were very close. The Plowboys amassed 375 total yards in the game to Christoval’s 368 and 14 first downs to Christoval’s 15. The Plowboys had 60 yards in penalties and Christoval 63. The big difference was in the number of turnovers. The Plowboys had only one, an interception, while Christoval had 4, 1 fumble and 3 interceptions.
Jax Watts completed 7 of 12 passes for 104 yards with 1 interception, and Antonio Aguayo completed 1 of 1 for 77 yards and a TD. The leading receiver was Seth Wilcox with 2 catches for 83 yards and 1 TD. Aguayo caught 5 for 34 yards, and Lupe Leaños caught 1 for 31 yards.
Ivan McCann led all rushers with 19 carries for 114 yards and 2 TDs. Aguayo had 19 carries for 78 yards and 2 TDs, and Tyler Guelker had 4 carries for 10 yards.
On defense, Watts had 2 interceptions and Guelker had 1.
Plowboys vs. New Home for Homecoming
The Plowboys can’t let up this week as they face another good team for Homecoming. Like the Plowboys, the New Home Leopards are a 2A-II school and 3-1 for the year. Last Friday, they defeated Floydada (2A-I) 34-20 and also have victories over Plains (2A-II) 47-8 and Compass Academy (3A-II, a charter school in Odessa) 53-0. Their only loss so far was to Lubbock Roosevelt (3A-II) 49-0.
Texas Football picks them to finish second this year in District 2-2A-II. The other teams are Smyer, Sudan, Ropesville, and Bovina. The Leopards return 5 starters on both offense and defense and were 5-5 last year. For those who don’t know, New Home is a small town (pop. 361) between Lubbock and Tahoka, 109 miles northwest of Roscoe.
Kickoff at Plowboy Field is at 7:00pm.
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HOW THE PLOWBOYS GOT THEIR NAME
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| The 1926 Roscoe Ploughboys (The first existing mention of the team name) |
However, according to what I heard while growing up, around 1924 a couple of Roscoe football players, one of them Sam Fitzhugh, went on to become stars at Tarleton State, then known as John Tarleton Agricultural College. Right before a school holiday, the Tarleton coach asked them what they were going to do over the break. When they told him they were going to Roscoe, he said, “Bring me back a couple more of those Roscoe plowboys.” The story got around, people liked it, and so they decided to name the school’s team the Plowboys.
An interesting fact about Tarleton is that they named their team the same year, and they also became the Plowboys with the colors purple and white. According to their website, they got the name when the coach, William J. Wisdom, suddenly thought of the name Plowboys as he walked across campus. Could it be that the reason he thought of the name came from his request to his Roscoe players? That’s not mentioned in the official Tarleton history, but the connection certainly seems more than coincidental. Concerning the school colors, Roscoe’s adoption of purple and white is said to come from the suggestions of the same Roscoe players who were on the Tarleton team at that time.
Tarleton’s colors are still purple and white, but their team name is no longer the Plowboys and hasn’t been since 1961 when they changed it to the Texans. As far as I know, Roscoe is the only school in Texas (or any other state) that has that team name, and I strongly suspect that the only Plowgirls are also the ones in Roscoe.
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COVID-19 NUMBERS SHOW SOME IMPROVEMENT
In Texas, the numbers are beginning to decrease. As of yesterday, 11,210 Texans were hospitalized with Covid-19, compared to 12,973 last week and 13,499 two weeks ago. The number of new cases also fell again this week with a 7-day average of 2,198 fewer than last week. The number of active cases in Texas has also fallen to 290,799 compared to 303,932 last week. .
The number of deaths, however, continued to increase slightly with a seven-day average of 20 more deaths than last week, and ICU shortages continue to be a problem.
In Taylor County, the number of active cases is slightly higher at 2,525 compared to 2,493 a week ago. In Abilene, there are 93 Covid-19 hospitalizations, 4 less than week’s 97, with 30 of those in the ICU compared to 20 a week ago. Taylor County reported 5 more Covid-19 deaths Monday, which makes 32 so far for the month of September.
In our four-county area, all four counties have shown improvement over last week. Nolan County now reports 153 active cases, 54 less than last week’s 207; Mitchell County has 47 active cases, 13 fewer than last week’s 60; Fisher County has 9 active cases, 1 less than last week’s 10; and Scurry County has 185 active cases, 81 less than last week’s 266. Nolan County reports 48 total Covid-19 deaths with 11 of those so far this month.
Roscoe Collegiate ISD has no infected students or staff and only 3 students in quarantine. Two are in Early Childhood and the other is in Elementary.
Here are the estimated active cases of the Big Country’s counties (compared to last week’s number in parentheses): Brown, 411 (481); Howard, 292 (318); Scurry, 185 (266); Erath, 155 (153); Nolan, 153 (207); Stephens, 108 (109); Coke, 52 (64); Jones, 50 (140); Mitchell, 47 (60); Eastland, 45 (27); Comanche, 38 (44); Callahan, 35 (37); Haskell, 13 (5); Runnels, 9 (36); Fisher, 9 (10); Coleman, 5 (16); Shackelford, 4 (4); Stonewall, 2 (3); Kent, 2 (0);Knox, 1 (3); Throckmorton, 0 (0). The total of all these counties is 1,626, a drop of 357 from last week’s 1,983. Last week had a drop of 145 from the previous week, so the numbers are going in the right direction in the Big Country.
Selected west Texas counties’ estimated active cases (with last week’s in parentheses): Lubbock 5,175 (4,568); Midland 2,266 (2,676); Ector (Odessa) 1,945 (1,940), Tom Green (San Angelo) 1,648 (1,735); Wichita (Wichita Falls) 2,114 (2,032). Last week’s total for these more populated counties was 12,951. Now it is 13,235, a gain of 284. So these more populated counties are on the whole still having their problems with active cases.
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WEATHER REPORT: AUTUMN ARRIVES
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| Saturday morning's sunrise. |
Monday was a blazer, reaching 104°F according to the Weather Channel. I checked the forecast that morning and was amused by the prediction that gave a 1% chance of rain along with a high of 102°. But that afternoon when the temperature had exceeded the forecast, I went outside to water my garden and was surprised by a small cloud overhead that sprinkled hard enough to get me wet.
Then about an hour later, around 7 o’clock, the winds really picked up—and it actually rained for about five minutes. It wasn’t much—a tenth of an inch at most—but it meant that it had rained in Roscoe when the chance for precipitation was 1%. How often does that happen? Unfortunately, that’s the most rain we’ve got so far this September, a month that averages over three inches.
The late summer continued almost right up to the end. The high this past week was in the nineties every day except Monday when it was 104°. Up until the norther arrived, the low for the week was Saturday’s 66°, but early yesterday morning the temperature had dropped to 52°, and with the stiff breeze, felt even colder than that.
The forecast for the next few days is for slightly cooler weather and continued sunny or mostly sunny skies. The high today should reach 83°, warming to 89° tomorrow, 90° on Friday and Saturday, and 92° on Sunday and Monday. Lows should be a little more like fall, though, with early mornings dropping into the upper fifties and low sixties.
Unfortunately, there is no rain in the forecast, not until next Tuesday, that is, when there is a 38% chance of afternoon thundershowers.
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† MATTHEW CLARK, JR.
Matthew Clark, Jr., was born on June 9, 1962, in Sweetwater to parents Matthew, Sr., and Alice Clark. He married Mina Francis on November 25, 1989, in Roscoe. He lived most of his life in Nolan County. He loved to fish every chance he got and loved to barbecue and crack jokes and to go camping and always smiled. He loved people and plants and family.
Survivors are his wife, Mina Clark; daughter, Jennifer Gentry; son, Luke Clark; granddaughter, Lauryn Gentry; and son-in-law, Matt Gentry.
Pallbearers are Little Ronny Williams, Mark McCann, Freddie Clark, Matt Gentry, and Billy Clark.
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† EDWIN GEORGE ALTHOF, JR.
Visitation will be today, September 22, at Davis Funeral Home in Henrietta 6:00 to 7:30pm.
Edwin was born on March 25, 1932, in Roscoe to Edwin and Esther Althof, Sr. He served his country in the US Army during the Korean Conflict and married Johnnie Ova (Kemper) on December 9, 1972, in Roswell, New Mexico. Edwin was a member of the Henrietta Church of Christ and a member of the Roscoe Lions Club. He worked most of his life as a farmer.
Edwin was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Wilbert Althof, Raymond Althof, and Clarence Althof; and sister, Elnora Peters.
Survivors include his wife Johnnie of Henrietta; son, Edwin Russell Althof and wife Tamyra of Tucson, Arizona; stepdaughter, Becky Baber and husband Bill of Byers, Texas; stepson, Wyndel Culp and wife Deha of Lamesa; grandchildren, Hannah Althof and Emily Hunt and husband Cole, Jason Baber and wife Heather, Byron Baber and wife Kim and Tye Baber and wife Audra, Kylia Marshall and husband Andrew, Maggie Miller and Dallie Miller; six great-grandchildren; and sister, Frances Hughes.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of your choice.
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