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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Rabbits hop to victory
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
With a playoff-like atmosphere so thick you could have brushed it away, the Bowie High School volleyball team defeated Nocona in four games in District 3A-9 play Tuesday.
Bowie won by scores of 21-25, 29-27, 25-18, 25-16 at BHS Gymnasium.
While the Lady Rabbits seemed motivated, the Lady Indians – after the opening set – didn’t play inspired in a match where a playoff berth was on the line.
“In the first set, we seemed a little shaky and I think we were trying too hard,” Bowie head coach Jeanie Stark said. “We didn’t play bad, we were just a little too anxious.”
Bowie improved to 23-14, 8-4 in District 3A-9 while Nocona fell to 21-15, 7-5. This marked the first time in several years the Lady Rabbits defeated the Lady Indians in a district setting.
The Lady Rabbits travel to Wichita Falls today to play City View while Nocona entertains Henrietta on Senior Day.
Stark said the turning point of the match was late in the second set as Bowie outlasted Nocona to win the salvo.
“I told the girls the second set would be huge,” Stark said. “We survived it, and then we seemed to settle in even more.”
Bowie played a strong match from both sides – offense and defense – as the Lady Rabbits totaled 74 digs and 52 kills.
Nocona had trouble contending with Bowie outside hitters Addy Cook and Madison Little.
“It was a tough loss Tuesday,” Nocona head coach Tiffany Clay said. “We have been playing flat the last couple of weeks, and I stressed the importance of being on our ‘A’ game. Cook and Little were hard to defense. They were both hot, and Bowie played well.” Read more in the weekend Bowie News.
Carcyn Robertson used her service game to help Bowie defeat Nocona in four sets on Oct. 20. (News file 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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