Cisco Sports

The Cisco Lady Loboes moved a step closer to the District 10-2A title on Friday by claiming an impressive 61-22 victory over the Hawley Lady Bearcats.

District 7-2A openers

The Cisco College women’s basketball team pulled a surprising upset Thursday, Dec. 7, by defeating Tyler Junior College 67-64. The TJC Apaches had won the national junior college championship in 2022 and had a 7-3 record so far.

Players on the Basketball Team at Cisco College honored their professors at halftime of Tuesday’s (Dec. 5) game with Coastal Bend College at the Cisco campus by presenting gifts. The gifts included a sports thermal mug and a squeezy “stress ball” in the form of a miniature basketball, with the Cisco College logo emblazoned on both.

Christina Baker, the new Assistant Basketball Coach at Cisco College, is coaching her sister Alycia Baker, a transfer student from Panola College.

Fall 52 to 21

1st Quarter Kickoff to Cisco. 1st and 10 on C25. Julius Proffitt is under at QB (Where is Kanon Orsagh? The answer was that he had a concussion and wasn’t playing. This was the first Whow. Proffitt up middle 2nd and 6 on C29. Pitch back to Dillon Silva around LE. C45 1st D. False start 1st and 15 on C40. Pitch to Silva 2nd and 14. C41. Pass QB Thompson to Proffitt. 3rd and 6. C45. Timeout Cisco. 9:05 in 1st Quarter. QB Proffitt keeper to the 50. Flag. Holding. C39. 3rd and 16. False Start. 3rd and 21. C34. Incomplete pass to Kelton Desmond. 4th and long. Punt. Ozona’s ball. O38. 1st and 10. 7:56 on Clock. Complete pass. C49. 1st D. LT run. 2nd and 6. C45. LE run. TD for Ozona, plus extra point it was Ozona 7 and Cisco 0. 6:37 in 1st Quarter. Kickoff to Cisco. Cole Thompson return to C36. 1st D. Off sides on Ozona 1st D. on C40. Silva RE for 3. 2nd and 7. Proffitt at QB, keeper 3rd and 5. C46. Personal Foul on Ozona. 1st D on O31. Silva sweep RE. 2nd and 4 on O25. QB Proffitt keeper LT. 3rd and 2 on 23. QB Proffitt LT 1st D on O16. Silva RT 2nd and 6. O12. Silva LE 1st D on O4. Silva LE no gain. 2nd and goal from O4. Hart around RE for TD. With Williams kicking pt. It was Cisco 7 and Ozona 7. There was penalty on Ozona. Kickoff to Ozona from C45. 1st and 10 on O15. 2nd and 8. O17. Short gain. False Start on Ozona. 3rd and 13. Incomplete pass. 4th and long. Punt to Cisco and it rolled to C24. 1st D Cisco. A fumble. Ozona took over again on C16. Hard running up LS for 1st D on C8. 1st Quarter ends. 2nd Quarter Ozona’s ball on C8. 1st D. Proffitt made the next tackle on the C4. 2nd and 11. Counter up the middle. 3rd and 8. Incomplete pass. 4th and 8. Pass was complete, but Cisco held on the one yard line. Cisco’s ball. Pitch to Hart. 2nd and 9. from C3. QB Proffitt keeper 3rd and 1. C11. QB Proffitt keeper 1st D. on C14. Pitch or maybe you like the word Smash better, to Silva 1st D on LE. C28. Pitch to the left to Silva lost 2. 2nd and 12 on C26. QB draw by Proffitt 3rd and 6. Swing pass QB Cole Thompson to Proffit to the left side. Proffitt falls down. It was raining. 4th and 6 and a punt. Ozona’s ball. Face Mask call gave Ozona the ball 1st D on C42. Tanner Thompson stops Ozona for 2. 2nd and 8. C39. Short Pass complete. 3rd and 9. C40. Movement on Ozona. 3rd and 14 on C45. 4th and 2 after screen pass. C37. Timeout. 3:49 left in 1st half. Off RT for 1st D. C29. White stopped a 2nd Screen Pass. 2nd and 4 on C23. Up the middle. 1st D. C19. RS 2nd and 7. C16. Holding on Ozona. 2nd and 17 on C26. Long pass to left incomplete. 3rd and 17. Timeout Ozona. Silva defends. Incomplete pass. 4th and 17 Thompson defends and another incomplete pass. Ball goes over to Cisco. Cisco’s Ball on C26 1st D. 53 seconds left in the half. Sweep RE to C29. 2nd and 7. Pass to Desmond incomplete. 3rd and 7. 8 seconds left. 7 to 7 at half 3rd Quarter Kickoff to Ozona. 1st D. O35. Pass. 2nd and 3. LG run 1st D. O49. Completed pass. Hart made the tackle. 2nd and 5. C46. Screen pass LE 1st D. C39. RE run 1st D. C28. Off LG lost one. Bruner tackled. 2nd and 11. C29. Proffitt tackled LE run. 3rd and 7. C26. Incomplete Pass. 4th and 7. Complete pass. 1st D. C15. LE run. Silva made tackle on C6. 1st D. Over the offensive tackle for TD. 8:22 in 3rd Quarter. 6 + 1= 7. Cisco 7 and Ozona 14. Kickoff to Cisco. White returned to C45. Silva LE for one yard. Penalty against Ozona. Ball on O39 with 1st D. Silva went up the middle or ran a smash for 3. 3rd and 7. O36. Thompson ran to the left, but a flag was thrown. Face mask call. 1st D. on O21. Flare pass to Desmond. 2nd and 10. 2nd and 10. Silva around LE 3rd and 2. O12. Hart went around RE for 1st and goal. O10. Silva was hit in the backfield. 2nd and 11 on O11. Swing pass to Desmond for a TD. Extra point kicked by Parker Williams. Score was 14 to 14 with 4:17 left in the 3rd Quarter. Kickoff to Ozona. Ball on O36, 1st D. QB keeper tackled by Jackson Wilks for 5 yard loss. 2nd and 15 on O31, Swing pass to the left gained one yard. 3rd and 14 on O32. Completed pass to C45. It was 4th and one. Up the middle for 1st D. C48. LE run to C40. 1st D. 1:24 left in the 3rd Quarter. Haden Rains sacked the Ozona QB. 2nd and 14. C45. Completed pass. 3rd and 4. C33. End of 3rd Q Score 14-14. 4th Quarter Ozona had ball on C33. 4th and 4. Thompson knocked down a pass. The ball went over to Cisco on C34. QB Thompson was sacked for a loss. 2nd and 11. Pass Interference on Ozona. 1st D on C48. Silva went around LE for a long run to O40. Cisco gained 4. 2nd and on O41. 3rd D. loss to O39. 4th and 8. 1:41 . Timeout Ozona. 1:23 on clock. Ozona punted. Cisco took over on C30 with 1:17 left in the game. QB Proffitt dropped back for pass but had to run. He was upended at the 50. 1st D. Silva went around RE for 5. 2nd and 5 at O45, Sideline pass Proffitt to Thompson. 1st D. on O39. Incomplete pass on 2nd D. Proffitt forced out of pocket on a pass and it was 3rd and 10. 21 seconds left in the game. Long pass from QB Proffitt to Thompson for a TD with 13 seconds left in the game. He had to shake off a tackler and then he scored. The game ended Cisco 21 and Ozona 14. Kickoff to Ozona and their #11 had to leave the game. They threw an incomplete pass, and then the last play was a pass intercepted by Brayden Rogers. We started with a Wow! We ended with a Wow! Postscript: Cisco Loboes won a Bi-District Trophy and will play New Deal in Sweetwater on Friday, November 17, 2023, at 7:00. We hope and pray that Kanon Orsagh is able to play, but everyone appreciated the way everyone held together in spite of losing their valuable leader at QB. Ozona was big and had some hard running backs but our linemen played tough and held their own all night. I am sorry that the linemen are not mentioned more, but it is difficult when there is a mass pile up to see who all is involved, and also some JV players have rotated into the action, but without a program and not knowing who they are I cannot give ample coverage. And for the coaches, I know these plays have names that I don’t know and blocking schemes that are important that I also do not know. Keep winning and I promise to improve also. Addendum: I believe the person who traveled the longest distance to see the game had to be Chip Drumwright who drove from Denver—650 miles.

The Loboes

After two years as captain of the Cisco College Soccer Team, Danish student Freja Hansen played her last Cisco game on Oct. 21 at Chesley Field. Her parents, Per Brendstrup Hansen and Annette Hansen of Copenhagen, Denmark, flew in and watched her score a goal for the team, leading to a 5-1 victory over Dallas Christian College.

1st Quarter Kickoff to Cisco. 1st and 10 on C27. Movement called. 1st and 15 on C23. Hart up middle 2nd and 13. Hart up the middle again 3rd and 3 on C35. Orsagh up the middle 1stD on C38. Orsagh keeper 2nd and 8. Desmond up the middle 3rd and 7. Pass to Cole Thompson. 1st D on H48. Handoff to #6 Hart, and fumble turned the ball over to Hawley. 8:39 in 1st Q, Hawley incomplete pass. 2nd and 10. Incomplete pass. 3rd and 10 on H47. Rollout pass to the left was complete 1st D on C33. Sykora went off the RT side and it was 2nd and 6. Incomplete pass. Incomplete pass to Sykora. 3rd and 6. 4th and 6 on C29. 7:20 in the 1st. The third incomplete pass in a row and the ball goes over to Cisco.

Cisco Loboes defeated Anson

1st Quarter With 2:59 left in the first quarter, Cisco led 15 to 0 over Anson. That is about the time I tuned in from the Hazlewood cousins’ house in San Marcos, Texas. I had to miss going to the game to attend a Memorial Service for my ex-wife in Austin. Actually I witnessed the blocked punt for the savety which added 2 points to the already existing defensive TD, making the score 8 to 0. What I saw and heard was Orsagh’s pass to Thompson giving Cisco a first down on the 5-yard line. Illegal procedure made it 1st and goal on the 10. Hart went around RE for a TD, making it, with Proffitt’s kick, 15 to 0. Cordell Harper made the first TD and later scored again on another defensive TD. Kickoff to Anson was made by Parker Williams. It was 1st and 10 on the A40, then 2nd and 1 on the A49. Talon Bruner and others stopped Anson for no gain, for 3rd and 1, then the Loboes stopped the Tigers again and it was 4th and 1, but then up the middle for 1st and 10 on C49. Rains and Hart stopped a LE run and the quarter ended. 2nd Quarter On the C49, it was 2nd down for Anson on C45, then 3rd and 6. Timeout Anson. QB draw made it 1st and 10 on C39. Carson Cochran stopped QB Wilburn for no gain; it was 2nd and 10. Wilburn ran from C34 to C29. Holding was called. It was 1st and 20 at C49. A screen pass made 3, but Cisco was called for hitting late, and the ball was moved to the C33 and it was 1st and 10. A pass to Anson’s #3 picked up 3 and he was stopped by White. There was 10:00 left in the half. Rains sacked the QB and it was 3rd and 18 on the C41. A fade was too long—Silva was defending. It was 4 and 18 on C41. Anson punted into the End Zone. Cisco started on their own 20. Orsagh was running the Shotgun formation. Orsagh went off the right side for 7, and then made 3 yards for 1st down on the C30. Thompson received a pitch around LE and came back across the center of the field to the for 1st and 10 on the A43. 1st D. Orsagh made 9 and it was 2nd and 1 on A34. A pitch back to Silva lost to the A41. Thompson went around LE and it was 4th and 1 on A34. Orsagh went up the middle for a 1st D, but Movement made it 4th and 6. A pass to Proffitt was incomplete. Anson took over on downs on the A39. A pass was complete to A48 and it was 2nd and 1. Haden Rains stopped the Tigers and it was 3rd and 2 on A47. Timeout with 3:08 left in the half. The Loboes jumped and it was 1st D on the C48. 2 plays later when it was 3rd and 1, Cisco was given a Personal Foul. Anson had 1st D on C24. A completed pass moved the ball to the C14. It was 2nd and 6 on the C10. Cisco recovered a fumble, but there was only 58 seconds left in the half. Cisco had 1st D just inside the A10. Hart ran for 2, and a pass to Silva made 4 or 5 yards. Silva went around LE for a good gain, but a penalty moved the ball back to the 20. 31 seconds were left in the half. 3rd Quarter Cisco’s White returned the ball to the C33. A smash up the middle to Hart gained 4 yards. Hart ran again for 1st D, a good gan to the A20. Orsagh made one yard. Thompson went around RE and holding was called; it was placed with ball on the A27 and it was 2nd and long. A pass to Desmond was completed for a TD, and with Proffitt’s kick it was 22 to 0 in favor of the Loboes. Kickoff to Anson and the ball was on the A35. Carson Cochran tackled them for a loss. It was 3rd and 17 after Wilburn’s run, then after a completed pass it was 4th and 5, and Anson punted. Thompson received the punt on the C35. Desmond went up the middle and it was 2nd and 9. The ball was stripped from Orsagh when he was surrounded by Tigers. Anson’s pass was knocked down by White. It was 2nd and 10 on C40. Anson was penalized and it was 3rd and 20 on C40. A pass was completed to Anson’s #22 and it and it was 1st and 10 on C13. Cochran and Hart stopped them for no gain. Thompson tackled Anson at the 6 yard line. It was 3rd and 5, and then 4th and 1. Cisco’s defensive line held and Cisco took over on the 3. Hart went up the middle for 3, and then for 1 more and it was 3rd and 6. Thompson made it 1st D. Orsagh was hit in the backfield on a blitz. It was 2nd and 14. Orsagh threw an interception; White knocked down the extra point pass, and it was 22 to 6 with 1:22 left in the 3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter Jackson Wilks recovered an Anson fumble on the A12, with 11:45 left in the 4th Quarter, and the Loboes scored again when Proffitt took the direct snap and scored ,with Parker Williams kicking the extra point, and it was Cisco 29 and Anson 6. Kickoff to Anson and they fielded the ball near the 50. Anson scored on a long yardage play and it was 29 to 13. Then in a short period of time, Anson scored again when they took the ball away from a Cisco runner, making it Cisco 29 and Anson 19. Byrd stopped the extra point. Kickoff to Cisco Carson Cochran fielded the onside kick. A pitch to Hart lost yardage. A personal foul was accessed against Anson for a face mask penalty, no a false start on Anson and it was 1st and 10 on A26. Desmond lost yardage, then a screen to Proffitt made it 3rd and 8 . Loss by Orsagh with 6:26 left. 15 yard penalty moved the ball to the A43. It was 4th and 27 and Cisco punted. Braden Rogers punted it to the coffin corner on the 1 yard line. Anson made 2 yards to the 3, and up the middle to the 6, then called timeout again. Cordell Harper got his second 2 points, when he tackled Anson for a safety, making it 31 to 19. Kicked back to Cisco after the safety. With 3:35 left in the game, Cisco had the ball on the A34. Desmond ran and then Orsagh ran a draw; it was 3rd and 7. Anson called a timeout again. It was 4th and 7, and a pass to White in the End Zone, with the extra point, made it Cisco 38 Anson 19.

When the Cisco College Wranglers met the New Mexico MIlitary Institute Broncos in Roswell Saturday for the ESPN “Game of the Week,” not even the ESPN announcers could have predicted that the Wranglers would walk away with a 21-10 victory, as the announcers admitted over the air.

1st Quarter Kickoff to Olney made one 1st down and punted to Cisco. Thompson fielded the kick on the Cisco 29. Orsagh made 3 and Hart ran for the 1st down on the Cisco 42. Thompson took a pitch out to the Olney 39. 1st down. Orsagh took it to the 27. 1st down. Silva swept the right end. 1st down on the 3 yd. ln. Pitch back to Hart for the TD. Proffitt made the extra point. It was 7 to 0 with 6:40 left in the 1st Quarter.

1st Quarter Kickoff to Cisco. 1st and 10 on L35. Cole Thompson around LE to the 48; it was a pass/run. 1st and 10. Gus Hart up the middle for 7; a pass to Julius Proffitt was incomplete. 3rd and 3. Hart ran 41 yds around LE for a TD; point was good and it was 7 to 0 Cisco with 10:17 left in the 1st Quarter.

Three Cisco College baseball athletes played in the TX-NM Juco All-Star Games this weekend in Dallas. All sophomores, they are, pictured from left, Evan Roach, Dylan Broadway, and Jonny Lowe. On Friday they won their game 4-3, representing Region 5 North vs Region 14 South.

With #66 Talon Bruner, #25 Cody Gayle, and # 22 Noaa Nernandez on the injured list, the Cisco Loboes with 19 or 20 players suited up, and all but 3 starters playing both ways, dominated the Colorado City Wolves 36 to 7, on Friday September 22, 2023. 1st Quarter The Wolves kicked off to the Loboes, with #11 Cole Thompson being stopped on the 26 yd In. #6 Gus Hart went around left end for a 1st down to the 41 yd In. Hart went off RG for 5 to the 46 yd In. A direct snap to #10 Kanon Orsagh netted only 2 yds; it was 3rd and 3 on the Cisco 48 yd In. Hart picked up another 6 for a 1st down. #7 Dillon Silva swung around left end to the 15 or the Wolves, but a penalty brought it back to the Lobo 45 and it was 1st and 16. A swing pass to Silva took the ball to the Wolf 21 yd In and it was 1st and 10. Hart went around LE to the 5, and then on the next carry Hart went up the middle for the TD. Proffitt’s kick was good and it was 7 to 0 Cisco’s favor. There was 8:14 on the clock. The kickoff went to the CC Wolves and they returned it to the 32 yd In. It was 2nd and 9, 3rd and 2, and after a loss it was 4th and 7. Colorado City’s punt gave Cisco the ball and a pass to Kelton Desmond gained 10 to the 25 yd In, Hart made 4 to the 21 yd In, and #11 Cole Thompson went around RE and it was 3rd and 8. A pitch to the left side to #7 Silva gave Cisco a 25 yd TD, with the extra pt it was 14 0 Cisco with 4:08 left in the first. Another kickoff to CC and they got the ball at the 20 yd In. Cisco was running a 4-3 defensive front; it was 2nd and 3 on the CC 27 yd In. A QB keeper gained a 1st down on the 40 yd In; a second QB keeper was stopped by # 14 Proffitt on the 50 yd In. CC had 1st and 10 and made 4 yds to the Lobo 44 yd In. Another QB keeper took the ball to the Lobo 40 yd In. # 53 Haden Rains stopped the Wolves and it was 2nd and 7, but a bad snap over the head of the QB gave CC the ball on the Lobo 40, with 3rd and 28. CC had to punt from the 44 yd In. It rolled to the L 13 yd In. 2nd Quarter The ball was on the 13 yd In. Orsagh ran to the 22 yd In on a QB keeper. It was 2nd and one. #6 Hart fumbled and CC had the ball 1st and 10 on the Cisco 16 yd In. # 17 Travis Byrd stopped the Wolves for a one yard gain. It was fumbled back to Cisco on the next play on the 16 yd In. Silva went around LE for 2, making it 2nd and 8. Orsagh made 5, and a swing pass to Silva netted a 1st down on the 24 yd In. Orsagh took it to the 30 yd In, and it was 2nd and 4; then a pass to Cole Thompson placed the ball on the 48 yd In. It was 1st down. #21 Desmond went up the middle for 4 and it was 2nd and 6 from the 44 yd In. A pass to #7 Dillon Silva netted a 44 yd pass-run for a TD. It was 21-0 with 5:41 left in the 2nd Quarter. After the kickoff to the Wolves, it was 1st and 10 on the W35 yd In. A QB keeper took the ball to the 44yd In with 2nd and one. 4:32 left in the 2nd Quarter. Incomplete pass. CC made a 1st and moved the ball to the Lobo 44 with Proffitt making the tackle. It was 2nd and 7 on the L40 yd In. It was 3rd and 6 on the L39 yd In. Incomplete pass and it was 4th and 6, but the QB lost to the L48 yd In. It was 1st an 10 Loboes on the W42 yd In. Orsagh threw an interception. 1st and 10 for CC on the Wolf 42, and CC ran a double reverse throw back pass which failed, then the next play they tried a halfback pass whict h’ also failed. It was 4th and 27 with 1:27 left in the half. It was 1st down for the Loboes on the L46. #7 Silva took a screen to the left and made it to the 39 yd In. A short pass for 5 yards went to #11 Cole Thompson. Ball was on the W34 yd In, and Orsagh threw a high pass. It was 3rd down with 59 seconds left in the half. A pass to #11 Cole Thompson gave 1st down on he 25 yd ln^A pass to the left side to #7 Dillon Silva gave another TD with 41 seconds left. It was Cisco 27 CC 0 when a penalty on the extra point gave Cisco a second chance and the Loboes made 2 pts. 3rd Quarter The Wolves received the kickoff and started from their 22 yd In. Cole Thompson tackled them for no gain. It was 2nd and 10, but'then a false start gave CC a 2nd and 15. An incomplete pass was followed by a 2nd incomplete pass. A punt gave Cisco the ball on their 38 yd In Silva went off of left tackle for 8 yds; after short gaines it was a 1st. #10 Orsagh had run the ball to the W49 for another 1st down. Gus Hart went over the rt side for 2, then Dillon Silva was stopped on a loss and it was 3rd and 13 on the W48 yd In. Cisco punted to the Wolf 20 yd In. There was 6:37 left in the 3rd Quarter. There as a 7 yard gain then a sideline pass of 4yds. It was 2nd and 6 on the W35 yd In. Another bad snap over the head of the QB and it was 2nd and 31. A fumble was recovered on the 5 yd In by the Loboes with 4:33 left in the 3rd Quarter. Hart went around left end and holding was called and it was 1st ana 10 from the 15 yd In. Hart made 5 yards and it was 2nd and 10. Orsagh had a QB sneak and scored. It was Cisco 36 and Colorado City 0. Cisco kicked off to CC again and they had the ball on their 38 yd In. A sideline pass made it 2nd and 9. QB keeper and it was 3rd and 8 from the W40. A pass was made to the C45 and it was 1st and 10. 4th Quarter The ball was on the Cisco 27 yd In. QB keeper and it was 2nd and 7, then a run to the rt side made it 3rd and 2. The ball was on the 16 yd In. CC went up the right side and it was 1st down on the C12 yd In. On 2nd down the Wolves took it to te 3 yd In. It was 1st down on the one. Colorado City scored and kicked the point and it was 36 to 7 Cisco, which ended up being final score. Cisco started their next drive on their 34 yd In. Hart made 4 on a pitch back, then Orsagh made it to the 47 and a 1st down. Silva went around left end to the W37 for another 1st; Desmond made 3 yds and it was 2nd and 7. Orsagh made short yardage and a pitch back to the right to Hart gained little. It was 4th aiid 7 on the 34 yd In. A pass was incomplete to Thompson, and the ball went over on downs. On 1st down holding was called and it was 1st and 20 on the W24 yd In. The QB made a short run and threw 2 incomplete passes, and then CC punted. Cisco had the ball on the Lobo 49 yd In with 2:20 seconds left and began to spike the ball. Inis reminds me of another time and another team involving a famous coach from Cisco. His name was Weldon Bailey Chapman. He had winning teams at Cisco High for 9 years developing a reputation for the area as a football power and coaching the original Big Dam Loboes. He went to the Semi-Finals twice with the Loboes in 1924 and 1925, but could never win a State Championship. He later coached at Lubbock and his 1938 team was State Runner-Up, but the 1939 Team won the State Title. Coach Chapman died during the play-offs that last year and they buried him in Cisco and brought the State Title Trophy back and had a ceremony over his grave. That’s not all. The 1939 Lubbock team lost their first 3 games that year and tied the fourth game. Postscript: Cisco JV vs CC 21-0 at half W; 8th grade Cisco vs CC 38 - 0; 7th grade Cisco vs CC 26-0; Cisco College lost to Trinity Valley 3-37.

It was literally Owen Schauer’s first rodeo ~ in college. And as a member of Cisco College’s Rodeo Team, he brought home the championship in steer wrestling from the Eastern New Mexico University Rodeo in Portales, N.M., held Sept. 15-17. “I was a bit nervous coming in, my first rodeo as a college student,” Owen said, “but after I nodded my head, I was just back to business and do what I can.” Owen, who has had success as a high school rodeo athlete in Canada, said he chose Cisco College because “I really liked the rodeo grounds and the coaches that are here for our rodeo team.” The coaches he was referring to are Head Rodeo Coach Don Ed Eddleman and Assistant Rodeo Coach Chad Biesemeyer. “They do a lot to help out their athletes. It’s just really nice being a part of something like that.” Owen is from Halkirk, Alberta, Canada, “just a small town east of Red Deer.” He performed well in the LRA Finals (Lakeland Rodeo Association), an amateur organization in Alberta, winning two rounds in the tiedown roping, and was the season leader tiedown roper in that association. He connected to Cisco College “through mutual friends, and friends that have been to this school, and they convinced me to come. It didn’t take much convincing, but I came down in early Spring this year and looked, and I knew where I was going.” Owen has two older sisters who were involved in rodeoing, and he has followed in their footsteps. “Both my parents grew up on ranches but never (Cont. on pg. B3) really rodeoed,” he said. “My Dad didn’t start roping until he was 40. But my sisters, they started rodeoing before me, so I kind of grew up around that.” One sister is in university now, and the other has graduated. This was Owen’s first year to participate heavily in amateur high school rodeo. “I went to finals a week or so ago and it went pretty good, overall a pretty decent year, but hopefully, I’ll start pro-rodeoing next year, or maybe a year or two, I’m not sure yet. We’ll see how it goes.” He plans to get a degree and transfer to a university, or go back home and start ranching and rodeoing. He’s not 100 percent sure which yet. Meanwhile, he practices rodeoing at Cisco College, “as much as your body will let you. It’s a little bit every day, putting in the work to get there. Everybody else is working just as hard as you are or harder, so you’ve got to keep working hard at it. And hopefully it’s your turn to win.” He also has the daily responsibility of taking care of his horses. “They’re a huge part of a guy’s success,” he said. He brought three horses to Cisco: Otis, his steerwrestling horse; Ice Cube, his rope horse; and Leo, his young rope horse. Owen said he enjoys living in Cisco. “I like it a lot. The heat was a bit hard to adjust to the first week or so, but it’s been very nice lately. With the rains, it cooled off a lot. I’m liking it a lot. And good people. I’ve made some great friends so far, and I’ve really been enjoying it.”

Cisco Lobo Cheerleaders

The 2023 football season for the Cisco Loboes stands at 0 and 4 after Jacksboro won a lopsided victory 51-0 on Friday night, September the 15th in Jacksboro. Cisco’s starting tailback, Gus Hart, was out and its biggest lineman Talon Bruner was injured and did not play the 2nd half. Hart has a bruised leg bone, and I haven’t heard about Bruner, who looked from the stands as if his leg was hurt. We also lost a starting guard, and #25 Cody Gayle has a broken thumb.

CISCO LOBO MOMS cheer on the Cisco Loboes at every game

Cisco Loboes lost

Friday, September 8, 2023, at Chesley Field, the Breckenridge Buckaroos won the battle over the Cisco Loboes, as they kicked, carried, and threw the wobbly pigskin. The score was 41 to 6 in favor of Breckenridge. Cisco now is 0-3 for the year and Breckenridge is 1-2, but I might hasten to add the team is getting more polished and is coming together. The score is no indication of what transpired, and evidence of a really good football team is emerging from the ashes of Friday night. Cisco afforded Breckenridge 3 long scores the 1st half, and a 4th score was made with 7 seconds left in the half. Notice Breck ran the opening kickoff back, then Cisco marched the ball down to the Breck 25 yard line, and they stripped the ball from the Cisco runner and ran it 75 yards for a 2nd TD, and finally the 3rd Buck TD was set up by a pass interception; it was 21-0 in favor of Breckenridge at the end of the 1st Quarter and with 7 seconds left in the half it was 27 to 0. Meanwhile Cisco had marched the ball to the 5 yard line and the 11 yard line and came away with no score. In the 3rd Quarter the Loboes made it to the 5 yard line and the 14 yard line—before 2 interceptions foiled their efforts. To add insult to injury as the saying goes, Gus Hart. Cisco's starting tailback didn't play the 2nd half because of a knee injury. Breckenridge stripped the ball twice, once for a 75 yard TD and the other time near the goal line which prevented a Cisco score. So, taking everything into account, Cisco played a whale of a game, moving the ball freely from their spread formation, and utilizing the pass to great effectiveness. Yes, I witnessed the Lobo line playing their hearts out in the 100 degree heat for the 3rd week in a row and they were opening holes and keeping people out and stopping it up the middle. You guys are great. There are great things ahead. Brayden Rogers and Cole Thompson seemed to be all over the field. Remember and watch for these numbers this next game: #50 Jackson Wilks, #52 Cordell Harper, #53 Haden Rains, #55 Tyler Brown, #66 Talon Bruner, #73 Brant Slagle, #75 Tanner Thompson, and #88 Rezner Wilks.

Wall defeated the Cisco Loboes in football at Chesley Field in Cisco 27 to 10. This marked the second loss in a row for the 2023 season. Last week Cisco lost to Clyde by a score of 40 to 28. Cisco's JV Team recorded its second victory of the season at Wall Thursday night winning 37 to 13, and a week ago also defeated Clyde JV 34 to 32.