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STORM CENTER: Glen Rose has a winner in Langford
During the first week the current sports editor was living and working in Montague County, Nocona High School had its year-end awards banquet.
Let’s just say a certain “talk” became rather emotional when it came time for then Nocona head volleyball coach Sandy Langford to stand at the podium.
Tears were streaming down Langford’s face.
That was the most compelling part of that banquet for me, and I thought to myself, “There’s a coach who’s completely invested in her athletes.”
During that part of 2014, it was hard to believe Langford would ever leave Nocona.
After all, Langford is a Nocona native. She was an all-state outside hitter for the Lady Indians, and she also competed in several other sports ranging from golf to track and field.
“There have been some special girls to play volleyball at Nocona,” said Langford. “It’s a program I’ve played and coached in, so that’s special to me.”
But there she went. Down to Glen Rose, it’s the seat of Somervell County and labeled the “Dinosaur Capital of Texas.”
Langford was on Nocona teams that reached the regional round under then coach Glenna Clay. She also was a Lady Indians’ assistant coach for several years too.
Poth defeated Nocona in the 2011 University Interscholastic League Conference 2A state championship after the Lady Indians defeated White Oak in the state semifinals while Langford was head coach.
That Nocona team featured Allie Hackley, Dayna Young, Haylee Diehl, Alicia Walker, C.J. Hamilton, Rachel Stewart, Kealy Walker, Reagan Barrett and Brittan Mitchell. Read more from this column in the weekend Bowie News in print and with your electronic edition.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Glen Rose High School head volleyball coach Sandy Langford, formerly of Nocona. (Courtesy photo from the Glen Rose Reporter)
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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