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September 12, 2013
Football
Striking first Farmersville 35, Krum 27
Sept. 12 Football JV: at Emory Rains, 7 p.m. Football 9th: vs Emory Rains, 5 p.m. Football 7th: vs Emory Rains, 4 p.m. Football 8th: vs Emory Rains, 5 p.m.
Sept. 13 Volleyball: vs Gunter, 5 p.m. Volleyball JV: vs Gunter, 6 p.m. Volleyball JVB: vs Gunter, 6 p.m. Football: vs Emory Rains, 7:30 p.m.
Volleyball
District action ahead
Schedule opens Friday at home against Gunter By David Jenkins Staff Writer
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Sept. 14 Volleyball JVA: at Farmersville Farmers Tournament, TBA Volleyball JVA: at Farmersville Farmers Tournament, TBA Cross Country: at Gerald Richey Invitational (Lynn Creek Park), TBA
From here on out, every game in District 12-2A is a must win if the Lady Farmers are to make the playoffs. Farmersville will look to pick up that first victory 5 p.m. Friday with Gunter. “We will need to bring our best games from now on,” head coach Harold Davis said. “This district is a tough one, but I feel
Sept. 16 Volleyball 7th/8th: vs Celina, 5 p.m.
Sept. 17 Volleyball: at Van Alstyne, 6 p.m. Volleyball JVA: at Van Alstyne, 5 p.m. Volleyball JVB: at Van Alstyne, 5 p.m.
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Sept. 19 Football JV: at Melissa, 7 p.m. Football 9th: vs Melissa, 5 p.m. Football 7th A: at Melissa, 4:30 p.m. Football 7th B: vs Melissa, 4:30 p.m. Football 8th A: at Melissa, 6 p.m. Football 8th B: vs Melissa, 6 p.m.
Sept. 20 Volleyball: at Pilot Point, 5 p.m. Volleyball JVA: at Pilot Point, 6 p.m. Volleyball JVB: at Pilot Point, 6 p.m. Football: vs Melissa, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 21 Cross Country: at Pottsboro Invitational (Pottsboro High School), TBA Cross Country 7th/8th: at Pottsboro Invitational (Pottsboro HS), TBA Volleyball 7th/8th A: at Farmersville Tournament, TBA
Sept. 23 Volleyball 7th/8th: vs Gunter, 5/6 p.m.
Sept. 24 Volleyball: vs Leonard, 6 p.m. Volleyball JVA: vs Leonard, 5 p.m. Volleyball JVB: vs Leonard, 5 p.m.
Sept. 26 Football JV: at Sunnyvale, 7 p.m. Football 9th: at Celina, 5:30 p.m. Football 7th A: at Sunnyvale, 5 p.m. Football 7th B: vs Paris, 5 p.m. Football 8th A: at Sunnyvale, 7 p.m. Football 8th B: vs Paris, 7 p.m.
Sept. 27 Volleyball: vs Sunnyvale, 5 p.m. Volleyball JV: vs Sunnyvale, 6 p.m. Volleyball JVB: vs Sunnyvale, 6 p.m. Football: vs Sunnyvale, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 28 Cross Country: at Fightin’ Farmers Invitational (Farmersville’s Southlake Park), TBA Cross Country 7th/8th: at Fightin’ Farmers Invitational (Farmersville’s Southlake Park), TBA
Sept. 30 Volleyball 7th/8th: vs Leonard, 5/6 p.m.
Youth sports Sign ups for the Farmersville Volleyball Youth League (second through sixth graders) is currently underway. Deadline for sign ups is Monday, Sept. 16. Cost is $50, which includes game shirts, medals, refs and needed equipment. For more information contact FHS head volleyball coach Harold Davis at hdavis@farmersvilleisd.net.
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Darrin Pennington slices through the Krum defense on Sept. 7 during a 35-27 road win over the Bobcats. Farmersville jumped out to a 21-0 lead at the start of the game. Additional photos farmersvilletimes.com.
Farmers open road game with three TD’s By David Jenkins
Andrew Simons finds running room as Cole Anderson and a pair of linemen provided blocking at Krum’s Bobcat Stadium. Additional photos farmersvilletimes.com.
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sports@farmersvilletimes.com KRUM – Two weeks ago Farmersville fell behind early and ultimately ended up losing at Cooper. The Farmers (1-1) turned the tables last Friday, scoring on their first three possessions on the way to a 35-27 win over Krum (1-1). “The difference in the two games (Cooper and Krum) is the way that we started strong. We brought the game to them, instead of having the game brought to us,” head coach Sammy Burnett said. “We really stressed that. We needed to come out and bring it to them and not start out flat like we did against Cooper. Overall, we did a good job in all three phases (offense, defense and special teams) of the game. Most important is we finished the game strong.” They finished the non-district contest with 288 total yards, with 268 of
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that coming on the ground off 14 first downs. “We controlled the ball and the clock,” Burnett said. “If we can do that then we are going to be successful.” Darrin Pennington led the way with 138 yards on 16 carries and Andrew Simons added 76 on 14 totes. Farmersville’s ‘bend but don’t break
defense’ held Krum to 252 total yards, forced a fumble and gave up 10 first downs at Bobcat Stadium. “We were a whole lot more disciplined, we read our keys and let them take us to the football, which is something that coach (Jason) Davis stressed
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Football Preview
Rains looks to end FHS winning streak
Wildcats have lost the previous five matchups By David Jenkins Staff Writer
sports@farmersvilletimes.com It would be safe to say that the Farmers have had Emory Rains’ number over the last few years. One season ago they produced a 21-7 win on the road, the fifth straight time they had beaten Emory Rains. Farmersville (1-1) will look to make it six victories in a row in the comfort of home at 7:30 p.m. Friday. “They are very physical. They run that Slot-T (on offense) and do a good job of it,”
head coach Sammy Burnett said. “They play low and hard and are pretty big upfront. We are going to have our hands full with playing lower than them and controlling the line of scrimmage. I think we have a good scheme (on defense) though. We have to limit the big plays and make them earn their scores, if we can do all those things we should have some success. It should be a good game.” The last time that Emory Rains beat the Farmers was in 2006 by the score of 16-14. A week ago, the Wildcats (0-2) fell 38-12 at home to Gladewater Sabine. One week earlier Mount Vernon pulled out a 28-22 win on their field over Emory Rains.
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Emory Rains’ Markell Spigner is wrapped up by a Farmer defender last season during a non-district contest at Wildcats Stadium.
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Jessica Meguire goes for the kill at the net earlier in the season in a home match.
Cross Country
Runners medal From Staff Reports
sports@farmersvilletimes.com MUENSTER – Farmersville continued its early season success with a strong showing in the Sept. 7 Shade Tree Run. “Both teams (boys and girls) did outstanding,” head coach Jennifer Crawford said. They compete Saturday in the Gerald Richey Invitational at Grand Prairie’s Lynn Creek Park. Last weekend in the Class 2A division, the Lady Farmers placed second and the Farmers were third. Medaling for the girls’ were Lauren Laisure (second in a time of 12:09) and Berenice Arcos (13:15 for 19th). Picking up medals for the boys’ were Ty Rolen (third at 17:26) and Kelcey Kasper (18:46 for 13th). Farmersville Junior High’s Courtney Taylor took second.
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Medalists at Muenster were from left, Ty Rolen, Kelcey Kasper, Lauren Laisure and Berenice Arcos.
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SPORTS
FHS subdues Bobcats
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Kyle Ravsten drags Krum’s Riley Marshall for a gain of yardage in Farmersville’s 35-27 non-district victory. Caleb Twyford meets Krum’s Tyrone Emory head on after catching a pass from Cole Anderson. Twyford caught a teamhigh two passes for 20 yards.
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Andrew Simons runs over Krum’s Jacob Enis and past Morgan Sprayberry for a 5-yard touchdown near the end of the second quarter.
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Head coach Sammy Burnett listens to the head official.
Final Score: Farmers 35 Bobcats 27
Offensive Darrin Pennington
Defensive Andrew Simons
Special Teams Jaelon Clark
Volleyball Brittany Ortiz
September 13: Farmers face Emory Rains, 7:30 p.m. Athletes of the Week are selected by the Coaching Staff
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Clark returns punt 53 yards for score
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Arianna Brooks taps the ball over the net at home.
Team stands at 9-9-2
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we have a great chance to get out, we just need to play with poise and confidence.” The Lady Farmers (9-9-2 as of Sept. 9) closed out the pre-district slate on Sept. 10 at Whitewright. “We need to improve on our reading the tips and closing the blocks. This will be our last tune-up match,” Davis said. Last week, they picked up wins against West Mesquite (25-20, 25-10, 18-25, 25-13) and Lone Oak (21-25, 12-25, 25-13, 26-14, 15-8). “We played great in sets one, two and four, “ Davis said about West Mesquite. “Our offense was running smooth, with only limited amount of unforced errors. Overall, our serving and receiving is improving as well. I was very proud of our effort.” He added about Lone Oak, “We started off real slow. Our intensity level was not very high. It was nice to see that our girls could respond to adversity and come back with a win after being down two sets.”
Matches left in the first half of 12-2A are at Van Alstyne (Sept. 17 at 6 p.m.) and No. 16 state-ranked Pilot Point (Sept. 20 at 5 p.m.), with Leonard (Sept. 24 at 6 p.m.), Sunnyvale (Sept. 27 at 5 p.m.) and Caddo Mills (Oct. 1 at 6 p.m.). Note: Rankings are from the Texas Girls Coaches Association Class 2A Top 20. Subvarsity report The junior varsity A team defeated West Mesquite and beat Lone Oak 2-0 in each game. The B group lost 2-1 to West Mesquite and won 2-0 over Lone Oak. Both squads wrapped up non-district action Sept. 10 at Whitewright and open district Friday versus Gunter. Farmersville will also host a tournament Saturday at the high school and junior high gyms. Junior high report Farmersville played host Sept. 5 to Van Alstyne in the school’s season opening games. The Lady Farmers traveled Sept. 9 to Sunnyvale.
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Head coach Derek Smith led the Wildcats to a 0-10 finish last season in his first year. Players to watch are Jesse Hudson, Christian Darter, Markell Spigner, Chase Hill, Grant Russell, Thomas Aguilar, Chris Wilson, Dakota Miller, Ty Herriage, Bradley Jeffrey, Gannon Thomas, Brendan Davis, Holden Godwin and Dillon Pirtle. The running back tandem of
Hudson, Spigner and Aguilar leads the Wildcats offense. Leading the defense along the front line are Jeffrey, Brown, Davis and Purtle. Other teams in action from Farmersville’s 6-2A Div. I district on Friday are as follows: Commerce hosts Princeton, Sunnyvale takes on Italy, Pottsboro plays Bonham, Howe faces off against Whitewright, Caddo Mills travels to Lone Oak and Van Alstyne encounters Anna.
a lot,” Burnett said. “I thought (the defense) played extremely well against some of the schemes they had.” They limited the Bobcats to a mere eight plays of 10 or more yards. The longest was a 50-yard passing touchdown near the end of the first half. “I think we did a good job of pressuring the quarterback and making him feel uncomfortable. We took away their big game threat (Brennen Ellis) and the defense had a good scheme, which slowed him down,” Burnett said. “They ran that screen for a touchdown, but the next they ran it, we dropped them for a 2-yard loss, which was a good adjustment by our kids. I think the scheme that coach Davis and the assistants put together did a good job of slowing them down. They had a couple of plays that went over 8 yards, but not many. I thought our kids did a much better job this week of taking away the big play. We told them if they (Krum) are going to score then make them earn it and for the most part the kids did that.” The Farmers got the ball to start the game and following a short return set up shop at their 38. Pennington took the hand off and broke multiple tackles on the way to a 62-yard scoring scamper up the left sideline. Erik Patino added the extra point. Following a Krum four-andout, the Farmers got the ball back at their 20. They put together a 17-play drive, which spanned just under eight minutes and ended on a Simons 10-yard touchdown up the middle. Patino tacked on the point for an early 14-0 lead. Krum was once again forced to punt the ball away on their next possession. Farmer Jaelon Clark fielded the kick and made his way through the Krum coverage team on the way to a 53-yard score. “That was a big play for us after we went up 14-0,” Burnett said. “That was a momentum builder for us and a back breaker for them, how ever you look at it.” Patino added the extra point with 42.7 left in the opening quarter. Krum finally got on the board midway through the second quarter on a Colten Graham quarterback keeper from 9 yards out. The ensuing Michael Licea extra point ricocheted off the bar and as a result cut the Farmers lead to 15 points. The Farmers responded with a lengthy scoring drive, capped off by a Simons short run up the left sideline. Patino followed with the extra point attempt. The Bobcats got the ball back with 28.4 left in the second quarter. Three plays into the drive Brennen Ellis broke multiple tackles on the way to a 50-yard receiving score from Graham. Licea’s point after attempt cut the Farmers lead to 28-13 at halftime. At the break, Farmersville’s offense had 242 yards, with 222 of that coming from the running game on 27 carries. Krum’s spread attack had a mere 131 total yards on three first downs. The Bobcats carried their
Jaelon Clark picks up a large chunk of yardage on a kick return last Friday at Krum. Clark scored seven points for the Farmers in the first quarter on a 53-yard punt return. Additional photos farmersvilletimes.com. Jimmy Alford/The Farmersville Times
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First Quarter F–Darrin Pennington 62-yard run (Erik Patino kick) F–Andrew Simons 10-yard run (Patino kick) F–Jaelon Clark 53-yard punt return (Patino kick) Second quarter K–Colten Graham 9-yard run (kick failed) F–Simons 5-yard run (Patino kick) K–Brennen Ellis 50-yard pass from Graham (Miguel Licea kick) Third Quarter K–Ellis 2-yard run (Licea kick) Fourth Quarter F–Cole Anderson 1-yard run (Patino kick) K–Graham 5-yard run (Licea kick)
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Erik Patino prepares to kick an extra point as Cole Anderson holds. Additional photos farmersvilletimes.com.
F’ville Krum First Downs 14 10 Rushing Yds 47-268 30-155 Passing Yds 20 96 Com-Att-Int 2-6-0 6-18-0 Punts-Avg 3-32 5-39 Penalties-Yds 9-93 10-83 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS: RUSHING–Farmersville: Darrin Pennington 16-138, Andrew Simons 14-76, Cole Anderson 12-36, Caleb Twford 5-18. Krum: Brennen Ellis 15-74, Colten Graham 10-63, Christian Martinez 5-18. PASSING–Farmersville: Cole Anderson 2-6-20-0-0. Krum: Colten Graham 6-1896-1-0. RECEIVING–Farmersville: Caleb Twyford 2-20. Krum: Brennen Ellis 2-6, Gavin Noack 2-27, Carter Stokes 1-10, Jacob Enis 1-3.
District 6-2A Div. I
(As of Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013) Team District Overall Sunnyvale 0-0 2-0 Commerce 0-0 1-1 Howe 0-0 1-1 Pottsboro 0-0 1-1 Van Alstyne 0-0 1-1 Farmersville 0-0 1-1 Caddo Mills 0-0 0-2
Last week’s results
Farmersville 35, Krum 27 Cooper 41, Commerce 13 Edgewood 29, Caddo Mills 19 Gunter 28, Pottsboro 12 Paris Chisum 44, Howe 33 Melissa 47, Van Alstyne 20 Sunnyvale 44, Life Oak Cliff 17
Upcoming games
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Cole Anderson eludes Krum’s Carter Stokes on a busted play. Additional photos farmersvilletimes.com. quarter-ending momentum into the start of the third frame and Ellis went in from 1-yard out. Licea split the uprights up at the 6:08 mark and narrowed the gap to 28-20. Both teams went four-andout on their following possessions. After Krum’s four-and-out the Farmers set up shop at the home teams 43. Farmersville rode the running game all the way down to the one and quarterback Cole Anderson found the end zone for the score. “That (16-play drive) is something that you normally don’t see in high school football,” Burnett said. “The kids did a good job of staying focused. When a team ends up scoring and you respond it re-
ally break their will. Our kids did a good job of that.” Patino put thru his fifth successful extra point of the night just two seconds into the fourth quarter. Krum scored the games final seven points with 3:06 left in the game, thanks to a 5-yard run from Graham. Licea followed with the extra point. Subvarsity report Farmersville junior varsity and freshmen teams on Sept. 5 played host to Krum. The JV fell 34-0 to the Bobcats. Standouts were Rodrigo Castillo (offensive), Jesus Guerrero and Seth Davis (both offensive and defensive). The freshmen played a 22-all tie in the comforts of home.
Friday, Sept. 13, 2012 Farmersville vs Emory Rains Commerce vs Princeton Caddo Mills at Lone Oak Pottsboro vs Bonham Howe vs Whitewright Van Alstyne vs Anna Sunnyvale vs Italy
Offensive standouts were Chase Hacker, Lucas Hernandez, Keishaun Harris, Shaye Mowat, Marco Venegas, Emmanuel Moreno and Andres Garcia. The defense was led by the above-mentioned Farmers, in addition to Damion Wing, Jeffrey Culverhouse and Brian Ellis. Two weeks ago, they opened the year with a 31-24 loss to Tom Bean’s JV. Chase Hacker, Lucas Hernandez, Shaye Mowat, Marco Venegas and Emmanuel Moreno led the offense. Defensively Wing, Harris and Hernandez led the Farmers. Both squads travel Thursday to Emory Rains for 5 (freshmen) and 7 (JV) contests at Wildcats Stadium.