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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Nocona troubles Paradise
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
The Nocona High School volleyball team earned its second home sweep of the week, defeating Paradise by scores of 25-22, 25-16, 25-16 on Saturday.
Even with such a convincing win, head coach Tiffany Clay knows Nocona can play even better.
“We didn’t play as well as I would have liked, but a win is a win,” Clay said. “Regardless of our competition, we strive to be better.”
Nocona improved to 17-13 overall, and 4-1 in District 3A-9.
Paradise isn’t the same daunting team as was the case in years past because the Lady Panthers lost a chunk of players from the 2014 squad due to graduation.
In the opening set, Paradise was down 20-18 before Nocona won five of the final seven points – finishing off the first stanza on a Lady Panther attack error.
Nocona won the first five points of the second set as Sherese Price put down a couple of kills and Magye Fenoglio served up an ace.
The Lady Panthers sliced the Lady Indian lead to 13-12 before Nocona stretched out its lead again with several Price tips and a Chloey Hamilton ace serve.
Holliday tops Bowie in four games
The Bowie High School volleyball team suffered its second loss of the week, dropping a four-set match to homestanding Holliday by scores of 25-18, 22-25, 25-19, 25-23 on Saturday.
Bowie stands at 17-11, 2-3 in District 3A-9. Still, the Lady Rabbits hold the final playoff spot through five games because of a road win over Boyd.
Bowie head coach Jeanie Stark said the team played much better against Holliday than Nocona, but still missed 13 serves and had unforced errors which precluded the Lady Rabbits from possibly taking the fourth set.
The team played host to City View on Tuesday.
Addy Cook continues her exemplary play with 17 kills, 12 assists, 11 digs and an overall .316 attack percentage. Read more, and see complete district standings, in The Bowie News.
Nocona’s Camry Tompkins (12) prepares for the kill during Saturday’s District 3A-9 match against Paradise in Nocona. The Lady Indians dispatched the Lady Panthers in three. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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