Nick Gholson

• 75th Oil Bowl to feature 11 local players Published 05/05/2012 at midnight

  Eleven players from the Wichita Falls area have been chosen to play in the 75th annual Oil Bowl football game on June 9 at Memorial Stadium.

• Gholson: Tenaha too tough, fast for Munday Published 12/16/2011 at 12:12 a.m. 4 Comments

  ARLINGTON — This was the first time I had covered Munday football this season. So all I really knew about the Moguls was what I had read in this newspaper.

• Gholson: Wagner's big night for naught Published 12/03/2011 at 12:54 a.m.

  Anthony Wagner didn't want his senior season to end.

• Gholson: Garfield can set new standard at Rider Published 12/02/2011 at 12:32 a.m. 1 Comment

  A good friend and I have had a 9-year argument over Scott Ponder's coaching ability. He says Ponder can't coach his way out of wet paper bag.

• Rematch bound Published 11/26/2011 at 12:32 a.m.

  ABILENE — The winner of this one was pretty well decided in the first nine minutes.

• Favored Windthorst not taking Bronte for granted Published 11/25/2011 at midnight

  Even though some have predicted his team to win by as much as four touchdowns today, Windthorst coach Bill Green isn't too worried about the Trojans being overconfident going into its Class A Division II regional semifinal game against Bronte.

• Gholson: This WFHS-Rider game is best forgotten Published 11/05/2011 at 1:37 a.m. 22 Comments

  This was certainly not one of those memorable Rider-Coyote games.

• Rider, WFHS squaring off for the 48th straight year Published 11/04/2011 at 12:29 a.m.

  Tonight's game marks the 48th straight year that varsity teams from WFHS and Rider have played each other.

• Gholson: Cooper made his mark in Rider-WFHS rivalry Published 11/04/2011 at 12:09 a.m.

  At the time, it didn't seem all that special. It wasn't like Ronnie Cooper had never seen the end zone before.

• Barrett, Rider cruise past Denton Published 10/29/2011 at 1:01 a.m. 1 Comment

  With a four-touchdown lead midway through the third quarter, Rider coach Jim Garfield put his backups in to finish the game.

• Gholson: Welborn's career long, distinguished Published 05/20/2012 at midnight

  Lindy Welborn's 41-year coaching career has certainly had its ups and down.

• Gholson: Phelps pans potential competition with Lochte Published 05/19/2012 at midnight

  Ryan Lochte won six swimming medals in the 2008 Olympics but didn't really make a splash.

• Gholson: Trap shooter easy to love Published 05/18/2012 at midnight

  Just one week ago, Josh Hamilton was No. 1 on my most favorite athlete list.

• Gholson: MSU tennis player wants to serve others Published 05/12/2012 at midnight

  Leah Roberts came to America in 2007 with an "I hate to lose" attitude.

• Gholson: Wichita Falls CC among golf's best-kept secrets Published 05/11/2012 at midnight

  A couple of weeks back, I got to play golf at Colonial Country Club, one of the premier courses in the state of Texas. I drove about 120 miles to get there.

• Gholson: Hamilton needs a new deal — now Published 05/10/2012 at midnight 1 Comment

  The Texas Rangers have done a lot of things right the past few years.

• Gholson: Oil Bowl is Texas tradition Published 05/06/2012 at midnight 1 Comment

  I fell in love with football when I was 9 years old.

• Gholson: Borel always a good bet for Derby Published 05/05/2012 at midnight

  With 20 horses in the gate, picking a winner in today's Kentucky Derby is certainly no easy chore.

• Gholson: Meredith preceded Silatolu in NFL draft Published 05/02/2012 at 12:09 a.m.

  My daddy took me to some Midwestern football games back in 1956, but I really don't remember Dudley Meredith.

• Gholson: Mickelson loses one of his fans Published 04/29/2012 at 12:40 a.m. 1 Comment

  Once upon a time, not so long ago, I was a big Phil Mickelson fan.

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