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SPORTS IN BRIEF: Beckham Golf Tourney Nov. 15

The Rick Beckham Benefit Golf Tournament – “Chip In Fore A Cause” – is set for 9 a.m. on Nov. 15 at Nocona Hills Golf and Country Club.
The course is located at 179 Country Club Drive in Nocona.
This event will feature a four-man best ball format. The entry fee is $50 per person.
The fee includes greens fees, cart fees and lunch.
Using a personal cart is okay for the tournament.
All proceeds benefit Bowie Lt. Rick Beckham to offset the medical costs associated with his kidney transplant. He’s currently undergoing dialysis, and on a waiting list for a kidney.
Beckham has been with the City of Bowie Police Department for 11 years. He is a Nocona native, and was a 1988 graduate of Nocona High School.
In addition to the tournament, there will be a putting contest, ball drop and other events.
For information and to register, call Dale Ingram at 940-867-6246 or 940-894-2871.
NCTC alumni game Nov. 15
Olympians Jennie Finch, Danielle Lawrie and Laura Lappin will serve as guest coaches at the North Central Texas College softball alumni game at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 at Darwin Field on the Gainesville campus of NCTC.
There may be two games – depending on the number of alumni who register to play. The game will feature alumni from the past 15 or so seasons.
Former University of Texas standout and Team USA member Taylor Hoagland also will appear.
Mike Doocy, the sports director and anchor at Fox 4 TV in Dallas, will serve as the master of ceremonies.
There will also be a silent auction with sports memorabilia, including items from softball’s biggest stars.
Former players will pay $20 to play in the game. The admission charge will be $10 for adults and $5 for children.
All of the proceeds from the alumni game and auction will go to the NCTC Angels in the Infield Scholarship Fund.
The fund was set up to honor late Lady Lions Brooke Deckard, Jaiden Pelton, Meagan Richardson and Katelynn Woodlee. The four players lost their lives during a traffic accident on Sept. 26.
Nocona’s Gomez wins district
Joan Gomez clocked in with a time of 11 minutes, 11.52 seconds to win the District 3A-9 junior high school boys race on Monday at Kiwanis Park in Wichita Falls.
Overall, five Nocona boys finished among the top-11 runners.
Nocona’s John Womack was fourth, clocking in at 12:23.78. Miles Keith was seventh (12:42.02) and Tyler Richards eighth (12:47.05). The Indians’ Lane Guerin placed 11th in 13:03.52.
The Indians’ Adan DeLao was 19th in 14:04.15. Five other Nocona runners competed: Seth Johnson (32nd), Alex Diaz (35th), Nash Parker (37th), Rowdy Waters (39th) and Rodolfo Perez (45th).
Bryson Moore posted Bowie’s best time and place, grabbing 20th in 14:09.10.
Caleb Miller earned 25th and teammate Spencer Hopson was one place behind for the Cottontails in 26th.
Landon Langford took 31st. Other Bowie boys ran as well: Riley Harris (40th), Robby Guilliams (42nd), Garrett Oakley (43rd), Brayden Hudson (48th), Cade Hamilton (49th), J.J. Jaraleno (50th) and Joey Crawford (51st).
“I am extremely proud of all of these athletes for their hard work and dedication,” Bowie Junior High School head cross country coach Dana Polk said.
For Hudson, Hamilton and Miller, Polk reported all three boys recorded personal-best times.
On the girls’ side, Jorgina Segura and Margo Young were 13th and 14th respectively for the Cottontails with times of 14:00.34 and 14:13.11.
Nocona’s Kurstin Jaubert was 15th in 14:17.88 and Bowie’s Emily Moore also picked up a top-20 finish (19th in 14:32.03).
Bowie’s Landra Parr was 27th overall. Other finishers for Bowie were as follows: Sage Bullock (31st), Cassidy Duke (34th), Angela Saucedo (37th), Moriah Rayburn (50th).
These Nocona girls ran, and here are their places: Grayson Trumbull (28th), Gisel Hernandez (38th), Isabella Encio (39th), Kailey Armstrong (43rd), Destiny Lemon (45th) and Taylor Richards (60th).
Polk said Segura, Moore and Bullock had personal-best efforts for the season while Duke, Saucedo and Rayburn recorded overall career-best personal runs.
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Oil Bowl Pictures

Bowie had six players play in the Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl football all-star game. For pictures from not just the football game, but the basketball and volleyball games as well that feature athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6875584&T=1
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Langford coming back home

Nocona is welcoming back Coach Sandy Langford, former coach and alumnus for the Lady Indians, as its new volleyball head coach.
Langford comes back to Nocona after spending the past 11 years leading the Glen Rose volleyball program.
Her circumstances with her family allowed her to jump at the opportunity once she became aware the position at Nocona was available.
“My youngest graduated and is playing football at Midwestern (State University),” Langford said. “All of our family is here and I knew that Coach Kara (Lucherk) was leaving. We were eventually going to retire here. Our oldest son plays college football at West Texas A&M and we’ll be two hours closer to him as well.”
She again will lead the Lady Indians volleyball program, one that she led all the way to the state title game in 2011, which is the farthest the volleyball program has ever gone in its prestigious history.
Langford kept up that level of success during her 11 years at the bigger 4A Glen Rose. She won less than 20 games only twice during her time, winning her 500th career game back in 2023. Her teams were ranked among the top 10 in the state five times and Langford led Glen Rose to the state tournament in 2017, the best finish in program history.
With the Lady Indians also having its own string of success, appearing in back-to-back regional finals while finishing atop the district standings both years, Langford is excited to not just keep the success going, but shoot for the stars.
“We are not expecting anything less than a state championship,” Langford said.
She has stacked the non-district schedule with strong, state-ranked 3A and 4A teams as well as big tournaments that will test Nocona’s mettle early next season in the hopes it will prepare them for a long playoff run.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Two teams compete at state tourney

The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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