Sometimes it takes awhile to get going.That was the case for the Holcomb High School football team Friday night, in front of the home crowd, in a 32-6 victory against Hugoton.The Eagles got on the scoreboard first, moving the ball down the field and scoring on its opening drive of the game.
Keegan Johnson and Halle Jones have been named the male and female Athletes of the Week, respectively, through voting in the weekly contest.Both are student-athletes at Holcomb High School.Johnson, Longhorns’ quarterback on the football team, has thrown for 967 yards in five games including a 255-yard performance.
Anytime Holcomb High School and Scott City come together to compete in any sports, it’s always a battle.
COLBY – The Holcomb High School football team picked up a victory Friday at Colby, 41-7, as its defense limited the Eagles to a single touchdown in the game.Holcomb moves to 4-1 on the season with the win.The Longhorns’ offense started off with a bang, scoring 21 points in the first quarter to jump out to a lead that would hold up through the game.The Holcomb defense dominated the first half holding Colby scoreless.
The Holcomb High School football team picked up another Great West Activities Conference victory Friday night in front of the home crowd.
Sometimes you have a night where almost everything goes right.Holcomb High School running back Korbin Johnson had that happen Friday night against Ulysses in the Longhorns’ home opener.Last week at Cimarron, the Longhorn junior rushed for 49 yards on eight carries.
They have grown up with their hand clutching a football since they could literally clutch a football.“I would say that we are definitely gonna be the first ones to tell each other if we need to fix something,” Holcomb High School senior quarterback Keegan Johnson said of his brother, Korbin.
CIMARRON – After a first week loss to their nemesis, Cheney, the Holcomb High School football team bounced back for a win Friday night at Cimarron, 34-13.Holcomb racked up 20 points in the opening quarter then seven more in the second, while its defense shut down Cimarron, to take a 27-0 lead into halftime.
CHENEY – The curse of playing in Cheney for Holcomb High School was in full effect Friday as the Longhorns fell to the Cardinals, 7-38, to open the 2024 season.Cheney scored 13 points in each of the first half quarters to take a 26-0 lead into halftime.
A pair of all-state and all-Great West Activities Conference (GWAC) selections from last season will be providing team leadership for the Holcomb High School Longhorns into a season of gridiron battles this year.Drayton Knoll, a 6-5, 310-pound senior, will be leading the Longhorns’ line.