Herd hands over homecoming victory

The football team stomped the Hereford Whitefaces on homecoming night with a victory of 16-14.

The scoreboard remained empty until the second half when the team scored 13 unanswered points. The score tightened in the fourth quarter when Hereford rallied behind quarterback Ryan Martinez, scoring 14 points to take the lead.  The Eagles fought back, scoring on 31-yard game-winning field goal by Aaron Rowe with 5:31 in the fourth quarter. An interception caught by Will Toliver secured Canyon’s victory.

The team is now thrown back into the district with two more games against Caprock Oct. 21 and Plainview Nov. 5.

Golf team eyes upcoming tournaments

The varsity boys golf team competed Sept. 26 at the Plainview Triangular finishing third with a total score of 311. Junior John Barnes shot first for the team with a score of 76, five above par.  Senior Ryan Byrd shot second with a score of 78, six above par. Also competing were senior Tyler Atkins, 81, 9 above par, junior Austin Hammel, 83, eleven above par, and Matikul Boonyam, 76, five above par.

The team traveled to the Hereford Invitational Sept. 18-19 to open the 2009 season. The team placed first after completion of day one, one stroke ahead of Randall and two ahead of Amarillo High. But after second day scores were tallied, the team fell to third ending with a combined 614 strokes to the complete two-day tournament.

Atkins led the team with a score of 76, five above par on day one, and 75, four above par, on day two. Atkins finished the tournament with 151 strokes, eight above par, placing him seventh overall in the tournament. Barnes shot 72, one above par, day one, and 81, ten above par, day two, to total 153, eleven above par. Byrd shot 80, nine above par, day one, and 74, three above par, day two for a total of 154, eleven above par.

The team will compete Oct. 3 at the Amarillo Triangular Tournament in Amarillo at Comanche Trail, Oct. 10 at the CISD Triangular Tournament and Oct. 16-17 at the Dumas Invitational.

Herd’s passing game stalls Eagle defense

The varsity football team suffered a 42-28 loss to the Hereford whitefaces Sept. 4.

The defense vied against Hereford’s spread offense with Hereford’s senior quarterback Parker Bidwell throwing 41 passes to complete 31 for 376 total passing yards.

The offense worked solidly with 293 yards thrown by senior Conner Moore, eight passes for 135-yards caught by senior Chris Rhoten, and seven passes for 95-yards caught by junior Derek Odell to contribute to 395 total yardages in the game.