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BONHAM PURPLE WARRIORS ATHLETIC NEWS October 22, 2017

WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:  Monday—Tony Cruz will compete at Regional Cross Country meet in Grand Prairie  Monday—JH Volleyball @ Princeton 5:00  Tuesday— JV 1/ JV 2 / VARSITY vs Melissa 5:00, 6:30 and 7:00 (Sr. Night)  Thursday— JH Football @ Community 4:30, 6:00  Thursday— JV Football vs Community 5:30  Friday— Varsity Football @ Community 7:30

THE SCOREBOARD: 

Varsity VOLLEYBALL vs Celina lost in 3 sets



Varsity VOLLEYBALL vs Princeton lost



Football vs Aubrey

BONHAM ATHLETICS

Volume 1 Issue 10

Varsity Volleyball Tuesday night the Lady Warriors travelled to Celina. The Bobcats quickly jumped on top of the Lady Warriors defeating them in 3 sets. Bri Williams led the Lady Warriors with 5 Kills and 10 Digs. Friday Bonham took on the Princeton Lady Panthers in what was a very competitive match. Bri Williams led the charge with 14 Kills with Reagan Shackleford not far behind with 8.

The Lady Warriors will wrap up their season Tuesday night at home against the Melissa Lady Cardinals for senior night. The volleyball program will be honoring Bri Williams, Kelsey Odom and Madison Redmon as they take the court one last time.

Varsity Football The Warrior lead the game on five occasions before the Chaparrals pulled away for the win. Offensively, the Warriors gained nearly 400 yards. The offensive line came back to life, clearing holes for the skill players to run the ball. QB Tyler Rodriguez had a big night in the passing department, connecting with seven different receivers for 235 yards.

Varsity lost 31-45 JV lost 8-34 8th grade won 33-6 7th grade lost 6-28 Grey tie 14-14 Pictures courtesy of North Texas eNews http://www.ntxe-news.com/

He also rushed for 3 touchdowns. Noah Shellman Pictures courtesy of North Texas eNews rushed for 77 yards and http://www.ntxe-news.com/ caught 3 passes for 74 yards. Izaiah Epps had 4 catches and Trevor Hartwell had 2 for 76 yards and a touchdown. The Warriors travel to Nevada Friday to take on a tough Community team.

Mackenzie Downs has committed to play softball at Southern Arkansas and will sign before the season on Nov 8th.

Wyatt Dolberry has committed to play basketball at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and will sign before the season on Nov 8th.

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Jr High Football 8th grade The 8th Grade Football Team dominated Aubrey in a 33-6 Win. Cade Bowser scored 3 touchdowns including a punt return, and also throwing 1 touchdown. Marco Delgado scored on a 70 yard touchdown pass. Dustin Sewell also scored on a touchdown run. Jamari Murrell recovered an onside kick and played huge on defense all

game. Defense played an

almost perfect game with majority of the team making 2 or more tackles. Xzilen excited the crowd with a smashing hit on the kick off team, to put a stamp on the game. Salim Rios kept field position in our favor with thunder bolt kicks to pin the other team deep on their

side of the field, and going 1/1 with extra point tries. The 8th Grade is now 2 -3 on the year, facing Community next week.

Bonham JH Football 7th grade

7th grade gray team played a fantastic game against Aubrey. The game was tight until the end. The offensive line blocked very well for the Warrior ball carriers. Logan Thomas was the leading rusher racking up 110 yards rushing and a touchdown. QB Keaton Russell had the second touchdown of the night. The boys had a chance to win with a minute and a half left in the game. The Aubrey offense fumbled around midfield. After a few runs from Russell, Thomas, and Gorden the warriors found themselves poised for another score. In the last few seconds of the game, a

pass from Russell just missed the hands of Gorden ending the game in a 14-14 tie. The Gray team played extremely well and are getting better every week. The 7th grade white team had a tough opponent in the Aubrey Chaparals. Quarterback Jeren Ross scored the lone touchdown for the Warriors which came on a long run of 65 yards late in the game. Unfortunately fumbles and tackles for loss hindered the Warriors against the Chaps. The final score was 28-6. Gray team defense played a great game against an Au-

THANKS TO THE WRITERS OF THE ATHLETIC NEWSLETTER: Cross Country—Kevin Trompler Volleyball High School—Kirsten Logan Volleyball Jr. High—Marsha Sewell Football Varsity—John Ramsey (D) and Paul Westbrook (O) Football JV—Rich Gant (O) and

Casey Hall (D) Football 8th grade—Scott Ellis (O) and JW Scott (D) Football 7th Grade—Josh Uland (D) and Justin Abate (O)

brey team who had combined with their 8th grade with their 7th grade. They held Aubrey to 14 points and played fast all night. There is no stand out because of the great team effort put out all night. The White team defense succumbed to the Injury bug losing 5 starters by the end of the night. Regardless the team stepped up and played well, doing exactly what we asked of them. As a team, they get better every week.