SPORTS
SPORTS IN BRIEF: Geer golf tournament Oct. 10
The first-ever Minnie Lou Geer Memorial Scholarship Tournament is set for 9 a.m. on Oct. 10 at Twisted Oaks Golf Course.
Geer was a longtime educator for several school districts in Montague County, and the surrounding area.
This will be a four-person scramble formatted tournament.
The cost is $60 per person, and includes range balls, lunch and fun on-course contests.
For information, call Twisted Oaks superintendent Chad Thummel at 1-940-872-4000.
‘Pink Out’ in Nocona Oct. 2
The Nocona High School volleyball team will have its annual “Pink Out” game on Oct. 2.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Lady Indians will be honoring survivors and those who have battled during Friday’s match.
There will be a pep rally on Friday at noon leading up to the match at 5 p.m.
Students and staff are urged to wear pink to the match between Nocona and Holliday, two teams in the upper half of the standings in District 3A-9.
Rodeo finals are set for Sunday
The finals of the “Fat Stacks of Cash” Kyani rodeo series are set for 2 p.m. on Oct. 4 at the 4X Bucking Bulls Arena.
The arena is located 4½ miles west of Nocona off United States Highway 82.
This is an open-buckle series, with a $60 entry fee.
The draft will take place at 1 p.m., with riding one hour later.
Josh Cain leads the series right now with 217 points while Lin Bradley is second with 125 points.
Tuff Brumley and Sonny Dutchover are third and fourth, with 80 and 77 points respectively. The series started on Aug. 30.
For information, log onto the website 4xbuckingbulls.com, call 1-501-944-1907 or email: 4xBuckingBulls@gmail.com.
Arrowhead truly for the birds
The Texas Ornithological Society will have a bird-watching event on Oct. 10 at Lake Arrowhead State Park in rural Wichita Falls.
It will begin at 8 a.m.
The walk lasts one hour, and will cover about one-half mile.
Normal park entry fees apply. The fee for adults is $3. Children 12 years old and younger are admitted free for the walk.
For information, call the park of 1-940-528-2211.
Minnie Lou Geer was a respected local educator who passed away earlier this year. A golf tournament will take place in her honor on Oct. 10. (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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