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Dallam and Hartley County Fall 2016
Sports Guide
A special publication of The Dalhart Texan
At a Glance
Dalhart Football..............2B
Dalhart Volleyballl...........6B
Dalhart Band...................7B
Dalhart Cheer..................8B
Dalhart Cross Country....9B
Channing Cross Country..13B
Hartley Cross Country...14B
Friday, August 26, 2016
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Athletic Schedules for August 27 through September 2
Cross Country
Dalhart Cross Country, Canyon
six-mile run, August 27
Hartley Cross Country, Canyon six-
mile run, August 27
Channing Cross Country, Boys’ Ranch Rodeo Run, September
3, JH/HS
Volleyball
Dalhart Varsity Volleyball, Frenship Tourney, August 26-27
Dalhart 9th Volleyball, Dumas Tourney, August 26-27
Football
Dalhart Varsity Football, Borger, Away, 7 p.m. August 26
Dalhart JV Football, Spearman,
Home, 7 p.m. September 1
Dalhart Varsity Football, Spearman,
Home, 7 p.m. September 2
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Fall Sports
Golden Wolves have eye on
Dalhart High School Football 2016
Varsity
Junior Varsity
Freshmen
the playoffs in revamped district
BY BILL KELLY
THE DALHART TEXAN
Coming off their first season with Joey
Read as head coach, the Dalhart High School
Golden Wolves are looking forward to
a new season in a slightly revamped
district.
The Wolves ended last season at
5-5 for the year, and 2-2 in district play,
putting them in a tie for second place
and sending them to the playoffs
after a one-year absence. They
are hoping to improve on
that record this year.
Overall,
the
Golden Wolves will
be a fairly young
team, as they are not
returning many starters on
offense, and just a few more
on defense. The team has
quite a few juniors and seniors,
but most of them were either backups
last year or on the JV team. The Wolves will
have to replace both offensive production and
defensive contributions from some of last
year’s seniors who have now graduated. There
are also a number of talented sophomores who
have moved up to varsity after just one year in
high school.
The Wolves will have five non-district
games to get the experience they need before
district play begins. Fortunately, after the
opener at Borger tonight, there will be three
straight home games in early September
against Spearman, River Road and Guymon,
Okla., which will also be homecoming
for the Wolves. Hopefully, the home
crowds during the early games
will give the team an extra
boost as they gain
experience.
Read said, “There
is a definite change
in speed from JV to
varsity.”
Those early games
will hopefully prepare
those players who are
coming up from junior
varsity for that change.
Following those home
games, there will be two
more away games against Friona
and Pampa, followed by an open date. Then
district play will begin on October 14 at home
against Bushland.
The district has been slightly revamped.
UIL took away two teams near Wichita Falls,
8/26 Borger
9/2 Spearman
9/9 River Road
9/16 Guymon
9/23 Friona
9/30 Pampa
10/7 Open
10/14 Bushland
10/21 Denver City
10/28Brownfield
11/4 Perryton
*Homecoming
A 7 p.m.
H 7 p.m.
H 7 p.m.
H* 7 p.m.
A 7:30p.m.
A 7 p.m.
H
A
H
A
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
8/25 Borger
9/1 Spearman
9/8 River Road
9/15 Guymon
9/22 Friona
9/29 Pampa
10/6 Open
10/13 Bushland
10/20 Perryton
10/27Bushland
11/3 Perryton
H
A
A
A
H
H
6:30 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
A
A
H
H
6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
8/25 Borger
9/1 Open
9/8 River Road
9/18 Guymon
9/22 Friona
9/29 Pampa
10/6 Open
10/13 Bushland
10/20 Perryton
10/27Bushland
11/3 Perryton
H 5 p.m.
A
A
H
H
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
A
A
H
H
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
Dalhart Junior High Football 2016
Eighth A/B
9/8 Bushland
9/15 Perryton
9/22 Guymon A
9/29 Borger
10/6 Open
10/13 Bushland
10/20 Perryton
10/27 Guymon A
11/3 Pampa
A 6:30 p.m.
H 6:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
A
A 6:30 p.m.
H 6:30 p.m.
H 6:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
A
6:30
p.m.
A
Seventh A/B
9/8 Bushland
9/15 Perryton
9/22 Guymon A
9/29 Borger
10/6 Open
10/13 Bushland
10/20 Perryton
10/27 Guymon A
11/3 Pampa
A
4 p.m.
H
4 p.m.
A 5:30 p.m.
A
4 p.m.
H
4 p.m.
H
4 p.m.
A 5:30 p.m.
A
4 p.m.
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Fall Sports
Wolves young offense looks to gain experience early in season
BY BILL KELLY
THE DALHART TEXAN
As the Dalhart Golden Wolves enter the
2016 season, a very young offense will need
to gain experience quickly to be ready when
district play comes around.
Much of the Wolves’ offensive
production graduated last spring, so other
players will need to step up and fill some
big shoes for the Wolves to be successful
this year.
Fortunately, one starter who is returning
is senior quarterback Jesse Lujan. Having
an experienced leader to run the offense
should help the younger guys as they
get adjusted to starting or just playing of
varsity. Unfortunately, Lujan will miss at
least the first game with an injury, so backup
sophomore Ryan Bornemeier will be gaining
some experience early in the season.
The starting running backs this year will
be seniors Matt Castillo and Noah Martinez.
They will be backup up by seniors DJ Petties
and Cameron Melendez.
Head coach Joey Read said that he hopes
to use the passing game more this season, so
the receivers will also be key to the Wolves’
prospects. Senior Hayden Wilkerson and
junior Kodiak Martinez will start at wide
receiver, and seniors Braydon Barrow and
Wyatt Hicks will also see playing time at
the receiver position. The starting tight end
will be junior Harrison Fly, and he’ll be
backed up by junior Cody Alexander.
The offensive line will need to protect
Lujan in the passing game and open up
holes for the running game. The starters on
the line will be seniors Jaidan Puga, Casey
Stewart, and Zack Jones along with juniors
Ryan Ortiz, and Frank Gallegos. Seniors
Iyan Perez, Miko Belgira, Elias Deleon, and
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Dalhart’s offense had their first test of the season August 13 in Stratford as they traveled
See OFFENSE on page 5B to the first of their two pre-season scrimmages this year.
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Fall Sports
Strong defense to be key to Wolves success in the 2016 season
BY BILL KELLY
THE DALHART TEXAN
With a young offense, the defense
for the Dalhart Golden Wolves will need
to step up during the first few games and
keep the opposition’s score low to give the
offense time to gain some experience and
get used to varsity game speed.
The Wolves run a base 3-4 defense,
with D.J. Wright returning as the defensive
coordinator for the second straight year.
Six starters are returning from last year to
anchor the defense. They are seniors Jesse
Lujan, Matt Castillo, Jaidan Puga, DJ
Petties and Devon Limas, along with junior
Kodiak Martinez. Lujan and Petties will
start the season with injuries and so will
miss at least the first game of the year.
Puga, along with junior Ryan Ortiz and
sophomore Brendon Herring, will start on
the defensive line this year. Seniors Casey
Stewart and Miko Belgira and junior Frank
Gallegos will back them up.
Castillo and junior Cody Alexander
will start at inside linebacker for the
Wolves, and will be backed up by junior
Harrison Fly and sophomore Isaiah Canas.
At outside linebacker, Martinez will start
along with sophomore Payton Galloway.
Senior Noah Martinez is one backup, and
Petties will also play outside linebacker
after he returns from his injury.
Starting in the secondary this year
for the Wolves will be senior Elmer
Alvarado and sophomores Ethan Sneller,
Ryan Bornemeier, and Carson Smith.
Lujan and Limas will be in the secondary
after they return from injury, and seniors
Braydon Barrow, Wyatt Hicks, and Hayden
Wilkerson will also get playing time.
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See DEFENSE on page 5B two pre-season scrimmages this year.
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Fall Sports
WOLVES
continued from page 1B
Vernon and Iowa City,
and added two teams near
Lubbock. The Wolves will
travel to Denver City on Oct.
21, and will play Brownfield
at home on Oct. 28. This is an
improvement as far as travel
is concerned, as those two
OFFENSE
continued from page 1B
Alex Quiroz and junior Kole
Barrow will come in on the
line at times as well.
The Wolves will be
once again using the wing-t
as their base offense.
The coaching staff that is
teaching the players this
DEFENSE
Wright also coaches the
defensive backs. Curry Read
is the defensive line coach,
and John Quint coaches the
inside linebackers while
Iyan Perez
LB/OL
Ryan Ortiz
DE/OL
Miko Belgira
LB/OL
Brendon Herring
DL/OL
The
Wolves
have
had a few minor injuries
during two-a-days and their
scrimmages, but they expect
everyone back by the second
game of the season at the
latest. Hopefully they can
remain healthy throughout
the season and make another
trip to the playoffs.
While
the
offense
is young and somewhat
inexperienced, head coach
Joey Read said that he
expects lots of improvement
after a few games, which
should have the Wolves
ready to go in October when
the first district game rolls
around.
Along
with
those
returning, Wright said,
“The newcomers are getting
better every week.”
So the Wolves should
be in fairly good shape by
the time they get to their
district games.
GOOD LUCK GOLDEN WOLVES!
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addition to being the head
coach, Joey Read is also
coaching the offensive line
this year. Curry Read is the
new offensive coordinator,
coaching the running backs
and quarterbacks. Shawn
Brasher has joined the
coaching staff this year as
the wide receivers’ coach.
Anthony Mariscal coaches
the outside linebackers.
Wright said that the
defense should be faster
and more athletic this year
than it was last year, and
that overall he expects
the Wolves to be better on
defense.
continued from page 1B
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Junior Kodiak Martinez carries the ball for the Wolves in the scrimmage August 19
against Shallowater at Hereford.
teams are both about an hour
closer than the teams that
used to be in the district. The
final regular season game will
be at Perryton on Nov. 4.
Read said that he doesn’t
really know much about the
new teams in the district. He
did say that Brownfield won
state in basketball last year,
and he knows that their team
will be very athletic.
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Friday, August 26, 2016
Season already
underway for Lady
Wolves volleyball
By NIXIE SANDERSON
THE DALHART TEXAN
The 2016 season has begun for the Dalhart Lady Wolves
volleyball team.
Practice started with two-a-days August 1, and the team
was at their first scrimmage in Caprock August 5.
Their first games of the season were on the road with
Highland Park and Palo Duro, and since that time, the team
has been busy with tournaments.
Most recently, the Lady Wolves were in Amarillo for
the Red River Tournament, where the varsity came home as
tournament champions. Today and tomorrow, the varsity team
will be in Wolfforth for the Frenship Tournament, and the
freshman team will be in Dumas for their final tournaments of
the season.
The Lady Wolves have just over a week for rest and
practice before play resumes. With only four home games this
season, the team will log plenty of miles as they make their
way through the regular season play.
Last year, the Lady Wolves made it to the playoffs as a
number two seed in the district with a record of 7-3.
Fall Sports
Dalhart High School Volleyball 2016
Varsity
8/9
8/12-13
8/16
8/19-20
8/26-27
8/30
9/3
9/6
9/10
9/13
9/17
9/20
9/24*
9/27
10/1*
10/4*
10/8*
10/11*
10/15*
10/18*
10/22*
10/25*
10/29*
10/31
Highland Park
A
Canyon Tourney A
Caprock
A
River Road Touney A
Frenship Tourney A
Open
Open
WT High
A
Lubbock
A
Open
Lubbock
A
Open
Bushland
A
Open
Pampa
H
Borger
A
Perryton
H
Bushland
H
Open
Pampa
A
Borger
H
Perryton
A
District Certification
Playoffs Begin
Junior Varsity
8/9
8/16
8/19-20
8/30
9/3
9/6
9/10
9/13
9/17
9/20
9/24*
9/27
10/1*
10/4*
10/8*
10/11*
10/15*
10/18*
10/22*
10/25*
5 p.m.
TBA
6 p.m.
TBA
TBA
6 p.m.
1:30p.m.
11 a.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
6 p.m.
3 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
3 p.m.
6 p.m.
Highland Park
Caprock
Dumas Tourney
Open
Open
WT High
Lubbock
Open
Lubbock
Open
Bushland
Open
Pampa
Borger
Perryton
Bushland
Open
Pampa
Borger
Perryton
Freshmen
A 4 p.m.
A 5 p.m.
A TBA
A 5 p.m.
A Noon
A 11 a.m.
A 3 p.m.
H
A
H
H
3 p.m.
5 p.m.
2 p.m.
5 p.m.
A 5 p.m.
H 2 p.m.
A 5 p.m.
8/9
8/16
8/26-27
8/30
9/3
9/6
9/10
9/13
9/17
9/20
9/24*
9/27
10/1*
10/4*
10/8*
10/11*
10/15*
10/18*
10/22*
10/25*
Highland Park
Caprock
Dumas Tourney
Open
Open
WT High
Lubbock
Open
Lubbock
Open
Bushland
Open
Pampa
Borger
Perryton
Bushland
Open
Pampa
Borger
Perryton
A 6 p.m.
A 5 p.m.
A TBA
A 5 p.m.
A Noon
A 11 a.m.
A 2 p.m.
H
A
H
H
3 p.m.
5 p.m.
2 p.m.
5 p.m.
A 5 p.m.
H 2 p.m.
A 5 p.m.
*Donates district play
Faith Claborn
Jenna Dixon
Hayden Dunham
Sidney Fahnert
Jakala Goolsby
Gracie King
Brittany Johnson
Lexi Posey
Dominique Smith
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The 2016 season has already started for Dalhart’s Lady
Wolves volleyball team. The season began as the team
traveled to take on Highland Park and Palo Duro August
9. Since then, the varsity team has attended the Canyon
Tournament and the River Road Tournament, where
the finished in first place. They will be at the Frenship
Tournament in Wolfforth today and tomorrow. The
freshman team will be in Dumas for a tournament this
weekend. Play will resume after the Labor Day holiday on
September 6 as the freshmen, junior varsity and varsity
teams travel meet West Texas high School in Stinnett.
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Friday, August 26, 2016
Fall Sports
Golden Wolves band marching into season
BY CHARLIE ROWELL
THE DALHART TEXAN
Every year, in anticipation for the upcoming football
season, the Dalhart high school band begins rehearsal for the
mid-game halftime show. Jim and Nicole Pasley have been
running the program at the high school for five years thus far
and have had major success at a competitive level.
In May, the school district brought on Joshua Bell, a
recent grad of South Western Oklahoma State University
near Tulsa, Okla. This is Bell’s first year of teaching and he
has high hopes for the band this year. He believes to that for
the band to strive, they must “try their hardest and not settle
for mediocrity.”
The band has seemed to accept him into the program
with open arms.
For the 2016 season, the band will be performing
“The Warriors” by Randall Standridge. The five part show
is currently being rehearsed by the band every weekday.
Preliminary numbers for the band is currently 118 students.
The year is especially important for the band because it
is possible for them to advance past the first stage of the UIL
marching competition. UIL has in regulation that bands can
only advance every other year.
The young band and new staff believe they have what it
takes to go the distance.
Ivy Hollingsworth/The Dalhart Texan
Practice for the 2016 marching season began for the Dalhart
Golden Wolves band August 1. This year’s show will be “The
Warriors,” with Yareth Lozano (top right) as drum major.
Good luck to
all our area
athletes.
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Dalhart Texan
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Friday, August 26, 2016
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Fall Sports
Marley Ames
Bri Cruz
Olivia Garcia
Gracie King
Faith Lindsey
Lexy Posey
Top left, The varsity
cheerleaders include Faith
Lindsey, Olivia Garcia,
Lexy
Posey,
Hannah
Wilkerson,
Bri
Cruz,
Elissa Turner, Gracie King
and Marley Ames. The
mascot is Sydney Fahnert.
Below, The junior varsity
cheerleaders
include
Kenadee
Walker,
Nia
Marquez, Loree Simmons,
MacKenzie
Crosby,
Isabelle Bruce, Elizabeth
Montes
and
Vanessa
Huaracha.
Dalhart cheerleaders ready for
start of fall sports season
BY BILL KELLY
THE DALHART TEXAN
Going to a football game wouldn’t be
nearly as much fun if the football teams
were the only ones involved in the action.
Fortunately, in high school football there are
also the bands, pep squads and other students
yelling in the stands, and of course, the
cheerleaders.
Dalhart High School actually has two
separate cheerleading squads, a junior varsity
squad and a varsity squad. They combine
together for pep rallies and to cheer at home
games for football, volleyball, and basketball.
The junior varsity squad cheers at home nonvarsity games, and the varsity squad cheers
at both home and away games for varsity
teams.
The varsity cheerleaders for this year
are Marley Ames, Bri Cruz, Olivia Garcia,
Gracie King, Faith Lindsey, Elissa Turner,
Lexi Posey, and Hannah Wilkerson. Sidney
Fahnert is also a member of the varsity squad
as the mascot.
The junior cheerleaders are Isabelle Bruce,
Mackenzie Crosby, Vanessa Huaracha, Nia
Marquez, Elizabeth Montes, Loree Simmons,
and Kenadee Walker.
The cheerleaders have a new sponsor
this year, Natalie Garcia, who moved from
teaching at the elementary to teaching at the
high school. Garcia is very excited about the
upcoming year.
“I enjoy the girls, and we’re going to have
a lot of fun this year.” Garcia said.
There are five pep rallies this year, and the
public is invited to attend. Four of them are on
the Friday afternoon of home games, at 3:15
p.m. in the high school gym (this is a change
from last year due to the longer school day.)
The other one will be the night before
homecoming (Sept. 15) at Memorial Stadium,
following the junior high football games. The
homecoming pep rally is always a special
event, and will hopefully attract a large crowd.
It is followed by the homecoming bonfire out
by Rita Blanca Lake.
Another special event that is a Dalhart
tradition is mini-cheer camp, which is a
four-day event in which elementary students
are taught some cheers by the high school
cheerleaders, and then help out during the
first quarter of the game that week. This year’s
mini-cheer camp will be held the week of Oct.
14. That will also be the pink-out game. Garcia
also said that they are planning to do a minicheer camp for a basketball game as well.
Cheerleading requires as much athleticism
as most sports, and Dalhart High is lucky to
have a talented group of young ladies cheering
on their teams.
GOOD LUCK LADY WOLVES!
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Friday, August 26, 2016
Fall Sports
Experience a driving force for Dalhart team Dalhart High School
BY DEBBIE RENSHAW
THE DALHART TEXAN
Each team at Dalhart High School has a shirt designed
specifically for them at the beginning of their season. A shirt for
the cross country team has a quote that said, “Our Sport is Your
Sport’s Punishment.” That is a fit description for cross country.
Cross country takes a huge commitment from the coach and
athletes to stay in long distance running shape. Every Tuesday
and Thursday night all summer these athletes meet with their
coach and run. And run far. They are also encouraged to run on
their own.
Coach Stephanie Vogel is starting her tenth year with
Dalhart students. She has been the cross country coach for eight
Nolan Atha
years. On those hot summer nights you will see Vogel running
right along side her athletes. This is a component of what makes
Vogel’s program so successful.
Last year, the boys team was third in district and qualified
for regionals for the seventh year in a row.
The girl’s team won district for the fifth year in a row and
the sixth time in seven years. They continued on and are now
the fifth best team in the state.
Sarah McDaniel was given the All-State team award. She
returns this year as a junior.
The goal for cross country is obviously to run as fast as you
can. It is also as important to stay as close to your teammates as
Bryan Barrios
Cross Country 2016
8/27
9/3
9/10
9/17
9/24
10/1
10/8
10/15
10/20
10/29
11/12
See DXC on page 10B
Katherine Bezner
Maly Delgado
Canyon Six Mile
Borger*
Amarillo
Rebel Run
Oklahoma State University
Canyon
West Texas A&M University
Junior High District
High School District
Regionals
State - Round Rock
Bailey Dettle
Carlos Diaz Martinez
Not pictured: Jacob Smith, Adismel Campos and Buddy Martinez.
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DXC
continued from page 9B
you can. So the focus this year
is staying together. Helping
with this goal is the experience
of the seniors. Jacob Smith,
Ethan Wood, Bryan Barrios
and Carlos Martinez are
the Senior boys. Brooklyn
Strafuss, Blakely Strafuss
and Katherine Bezner are the
senior girls, who all have state
tournament experience.
These experienced seniors
will help the 25 (or more)
runners on the team achieve
greatness.
With the entire girls
team returning and lots of
experience on the boys side,
Vogel is expecting another
successful year.
“I am beyond excited
to see what’s in store for
each runner and each team
collectively. I know that
they aren’t going to settle for
anything less than excellence
this year,” she said.
The cross country team
began their season with a
midnight run August 1, and
their first meet of the season is
August 27th in Canyon.
Adjacent, The Dalhart cross country teams were in
Stillwater, Okla., last year for the annual Cowboy Jamboree
cross country meet. The junior varsity girls’ team took first
place in their competition out of 22 teams, while the varsity
girls’ team took second out of 67 teams. The boys’ varsity
team finished in 13th place overall out of 55 teams with a
File Photos team score of 388.
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Sarah McDaniel
Summer Simmons
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Channing team has high hopes for season Channing High School
BY IVY HOLLINGSWORTH
THE DALHART TEXAN
Channing’s varsity boys’ cross-country team has high
hopes with the team of six this year. Two of the three
returning runners, brothers Austin Birdsong, senior, and
Garrett Birdsong, sophomore, both ran at the state meet in
Austin last year.
Coach Ray Turpin says after only completing two weeks
of training says it’s hard to gauge at this point how everyone
will do this year, but he says expectations will remain high.
“It’s harder to tell with my new runners, although their
times have been improving with each practice,” Turpin said.
“As long as they keep pushing themselves, I have confidence
we’ll be pretty competitive at district and ease right into
regionals.”
Turpin said the team has been running hills and working
on sprints during practices to get ready for their first meet.
“The kids say this is the hardest they’ve worked, and
that’s exciting to me.”
The girls’ varsity team welcomes coach Luke Ogden,
Austin Birdsong
Garrett Birdsong
new to Channing and new to coaching cross-country.
Ogden, originally from Perryton, attended and graduated
from Oklahoma Panhandle State University in Goodwell,
Okla. where he played basketball and later returned to
coach.
Ogden says his firm beliefs in the importance of building
a good foundation with the team and teaching fundamentals
can span any sport, including cross-country.
“I want to show them they can push themselves beyond
their own limits,” Ogden said. “With a good attitude and a
good fundamental base, which I will be teaching, they can
accomplish that and push a little farther and a little harder.”
Ogden says he’s seen some improvement in the girls’
times already in practices.
“I’m new, and we have some new runners this year. The
slate is clean and everyone is on the same page,” Ogden
said. “I’ve seen good attitudes so far, and the running times
get better everyday.”
The first boys and girls varsity meet is scheduled for
Saturday, September 3 at Boys Ranch.
Leighton Birdsong
Chris Bohannan
Cross Country 2016
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9/17
9/24
10/1
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10/29
11/12
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Hartley Tigers look to continue success Hartley High School
BY CHARLIE ROWELL
THE DALHART TEXAN
Cross country officially began in Hartley on Monday,
August 8 and students have been practicing since. Dedra Hill
continues this year as coach, and she has started the season
off strong by having early morning distance runs in places
such as the nearby canyon.
“Our outlook this year is really good. I think we have
the potential to go a long way and do well at regionals, and
hopefully, compete at the state tournament,” Hill said.
The girls’ cross country team took third at state last year,
and Hill is looking to returning runners Angelica Gonzalez
and Kelly Wieck to lead the team this year.
File Photos
Top, The Lady Tigers placed third at the state cross country
meet in Round Rock in November 2015. The team hopes to
return this year. Above, Hunter Hill ran in the Oklahoma
State University in Stillwater, Okla., last fall, along with
the Hartley varsity cross country team. The team plans to
return this year.
“I feel like we have a better team than even last year,”
Hill said.
For the boys’ team, Alejandro Chavez is the one to watch
for the Tigers this year.
“The boys’ are still young, but they’re working hard,”
Hill said.
Boys’ coach Kevin Alexander believes, “Students will
push themselves to do better than in previous years.”
Cross country will have its first three meets in quick
succession starting on August 27 in Canyon, Texas.
The Tigers will open their cross country season in Canyon
Saturday. Junior varsity teams run at 9:30 a.m., followed by
the varsity teams at 10:30 a.m. and the junior high teams at
11:30 a.m.
Cross Country 2016
8/27
9/3
9/10
9/17
9/24
10/1
10/8
10/18
10/29
11/12
Canyon Six Mile
Borger*
Amarillo (Thompson Park)
Adrian
Oklahoma State University
Canyon
West Texas A&M University
High School District
Regionals - Mae Simmons Park
State - Round Rock
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Abby Detwiler
Deisy Garcia
Khodee Gomez
Angelica Gonzalez
Michael Green
Hunter Hill
Clayton Kirby
Michaela Leaton
Melissa Mize
Kyllie Richardson
Edgar Robles
Jazmin Romero
Gabby Ruiz
Aidan Weber
Kelly Wieck
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