2012

By Nick Gholson Sunday, June 10, 2012 Waiting in a lunch line Friday, I asked Jim Garfield if his Texas team was going to win the Oil Bowl. He just smiled and said “yes.” It wasn’t exactly a Joe Namath-like guarantee, but I also didn’t expect the Rider coach to predict a Texas loss.

Nick Gholson June 9, 2012 C. F. Kuykendall played in the Oil Bowl eight years before I was born. And that’s a long, long time ago.  I am now one of those oldies but goodies.  They let me hit from the senior tees. Kuykendall has been doing that for more than a quarter of a…

By Zach Duncan Saturday, June 9, 2012 The Oil Bowl celebrates its 75th anniversary tonight, and Texas coach Jim Garfield’s offense will feature an offensive relic older than the game’s existence. Just like he has done at Rider, Garfield’s Texas squad will periodically sprinkle in the single wing tonight at Memorial Stadium. “They’re fired up…

By Zach Duncan Friday, June 8, 2012 Kendall Jackson can be easily picked out among the Oil Bowl masses. Just look for the teenager holding the football. It’s with him everywhere he goes.

Times Record News Friday, June 8, 2012 The first Wichita Falls Times story on the birth of the Oil Bowl read: “The game conceived by Henry Ford, Wichita Falls hotel owner and Shriner, will bring outstanding Class B football stars and two brilliant coaches to Coyote Stadium each year to play a game that will…

By Ted Buss Friday, June 8, 2012 Begging sports fans for support rarely works. It’s like the great Yogi Berra once said, “If people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s gonna stop them.” To plead is to lose every time. Attempting to shame someone into a positive action does not work either,…

But not altogether gone, thanks to the Maskat Shrine’s Oil Bowl Classic–a long-standing tradition that brings football back, for a least a day, between seasons.  Hallelujah. In fact, the game, headed to Memorial Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, is the longest-running high school all-star game in the country.

By Nick Gholson Thursday, June 7, 2012 Sheldon Wilson admits he cried during his first day of football practice. He was only 6 years old. Ever since then, he has left the opposition crying in their Gatorade. Oklahoma’s Offensive Player of the Year set a state record with 7,774 yards rushing in his four years…

By Ted Buss Thursday, June 7, 2012 Part One: The Sheri and Dubby Speegle family When the ball is teed up Saturday night at Memorial Stadium, the Oil Bowl football game featuring high school stars from Oklahoma and Texas will officially become 75 years old. The outcome matters to fans, players and coaches. To families…

By Nick Gholson WF Times Rcord News Some may argue about how he did it. But no one can argue with what he did. Joseph Lester Golding was one hell of a football coach. In his 15 seasons as head coach at Wichita Falls High School (1947-1961), Golding’s Coyotes were an amazing 152-22-2. They won…