Photo: (Sitting left to right) Brock Bogy, Lawson Stockton, Gage Hershberger and Tatem Beshears surrounded by Mountain Home coaching staff (standing)
Wednesday was National Signing Day, and it turned out to be one of the best for the Mountain Home football program. The Bombers ended up with four seniors signing national letters of intent to continue their athletic careers on the collegiate level.
Photo: Tatem Beshears (sitting, center) surrounded by family and coaches
Tatem Beshears was the first one up, as he decided to join Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis. Beshears is coming off a season in which he was selected to the All-Conference second team in the 6A-West. He had 76 tackles, including two for losses, an interception and two pass breakups. He also caused a fumble, recovered another and blocked an extra point.
Beshears says his decision to become a Spartan was fairly easy after visiting the campus.
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Tatem Beshears is the son of Chad and Amanda Beshears of Mountain Home.
Photo: Brock Bogy surrounded by family, coaches and Evangel linebackers coach Ethan Smith (sitting, left)
Brock Bogy followed by signing his letter of intent to Evangel University in Springfield. Bogy was an All-State and an All-Conference first team performer with 121 tackles, 19 tackles for loss and two sacks. He also caused three fumbles, recovered another and broke up two passes.
Bogy is part of a team that improved from two straight 0-10 seasons to a 6-6 year, and he says to be able to sign with three of his teammates says a lot about the supporting crew he has around him to prepare for the college level.
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Brock Bogy is the son of Brent and Cindy Bogy of Mountain Home.
Photo: Gage Hershberger surrounded by family and coaches
The next one up was Gage Hershberger, as he made his decision to go to Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla. Hershberger will join the Miners after carrying the ball 257 times for 1,056 yards and nine touchdowns last season. He also had 15 catches for 175 yards and two additional scores, and he helped lead Mountain Home to its third highest scoring output in school history at 25.9 points per game.
Hershberger says one of the reasons he chose Missouri S&T was because of its family atmosphere.
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Gage Hershberger is the son of Matt and Nicole Hershberger of Mountain Home.
Photo: Lawson Stockton surrounded by family and coaches
The Bombers’ final football player to be featured on National Signing Day was Lawson Stockton, as he will join Lyon College in Batesville. Stockton ended the season with 57 tackles, eight pass breakups and an interception.
Stockton echoed what Bogy and his other teammates said about having the support of the players and coaches helping him prepare for the next level.
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Lawson Stockton is the son of Mike and Susan Stockton of Mountain Home.
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