Cowboys Gallop Past The Miners
Oct 02, 2025 01:14PM ● By Jody Reeves
Running back William Wakley powers his way for positive yardage.
After a loss in their last outing the North Gem Cowboys used their bye week to regroup and come back with renewed energy. The Cowboys hosted conference rival Mackay last Friday. Prior to the game last Friday the conference was still a little murky. It’s clear that Watersprings and ShoBan are at the bottom of the conference but before Friday’s games it was a four horse race with Rockland, Mackay, Challis and the Cowboys. By the end of the night things began to look a little
more clear.
The Cowboys wasted no time in taking control of Friday’s game with the Miners. North Gem quickly jumped out to a three score advantage in the first quarter of play. In the second quarter the Miners did find the endzone but still could not match the Cowboys who added two more scores of their own. With a commanding halftime lead the game was already in hand. The second half rushed by with a mostly running clock. At the final horn the Cowboys had earned their most convincing victory of the season with a score of 52-14. They put up their highest point total and widest margin of victory against a solid Mackay team. As a team the Cowboys put up over three hundred yards of rushing averaging over six yards a carry. North Gem had six total touchdowns. Three from Clay Johnson, two from Craig Yost, and one from William Wakely. The Cowboys defense held the Miners to one hundred fifty-five yards of total offense and two touchdowns. Yost and Johnson led the way with five tackles a piece and Hyrum Barnes earned a sack.
After last week’s games the conference now has three teams without a conference loss. Those three teams are North Gem, Challis and Rockland. North Gem has both Challis and Rockland left on their schedule as well as Watersprings. The advantage for North Gem is they will get both Challis and Rockland at home. First up will be Challis this Friday. A win against the Vikings will likely set up a district championship game against Rockland on the twenty-fourth. There is still time to see some great games in Bancroft this season and I highly recommend you get out and watch them while you can.
