SPORTS
SUMMER ACTIVITIES: Bowie basketball camps nearing
The Bowie High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams will be having camps coming up during the first week of June.
The camp for players from kindergarten through second grade will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. June 1-3 in the Bowie Junior High School gymnasium.
The camp for players from third through sixth grade will occur from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. from June 1-4, also in the junior high gym.
The camp for players from seventh through ninth grade will be from 2:30 to 5 p.m. from June 1-4, at the junior high school.
The cost of the camp is $55 for kindergarten through second grade and $75 for third- through ninth-graders. There will be $10 discounts for the children of Bowie Independent School District employees, and for each additional family member. The late fee is $10, if registering after May 25.
Walk-ins and players from all school districts are welcome.
These camps will focus on fundamentals, ball handling, dribbling, shooting and fastbreaks.
There will be contests for the following: Knockout, free-throw shooting, speed dribbling, hot shot, freeze out, relay races, Simon says and red light-green light.
There will be 1-on-1, 3-on-3 and full 5-on-5 games.
The concession stand will be available every day. The first 100 campers will receive both a T-shirt and basketball.
For information, call Bowie head boys’ basketball coach Doug Boxell at 1-940-735-2433.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
The Bowie girls’ basketball team will have a mini-camp from 8-10 a.m. on June 1-3 at the high school.
Girls from kindergarten through fourth grade will learn the proper fundamentals of shooting, dribbling, passing and defense.
The cost is $45. The charge is $35 for the children of school employees and for each additional camper.
Instruction will be provided by Lady Rabbit basketball players. Also, another camp is slated called the Lady Rabbit Basketball Academy which will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the high school.
This camp is for fifth- through ninth-grade girls.
The cost is $75. The charge is $65 for the children of school employees and for each additional camper.
The basketball academy will allow girls the chance to work with the Lady Rabbit basketball staff in a smaller group setting similar to a high school practice.
Girls will learn specific drills, terminology, and how the program operates.
All participants will receive a camp T-shirt.
Make all checks payable to the Bowie Summer League.
For information, call Bowie head girls’ basketball coach Colby Davis-Pastusek at 1-940-689-2818.
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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
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.
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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