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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Forestburg sweeps Bryson
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
During the regular season, the Forestburg High School volleyball team had trouble with Bryson.
The two teams met again on Tuesday night during the Conference 1A regional quarterfinal match at Chico High School.
This time, the Lady Horns’ service game proved too much for the Cowgirls to handle and Forestburg defeated Bryson by scores of 25-22, 25-19, 25-12.
With the victory, Forestburg prepared to play Conference 1A No. 1 Kopperl in the regional semifinals set for Friday evening at Central High School in San Angelo.
The Lady Horns now stand at 20-15, with three playoff trophies in tow.
“The girls came through, and they served well,” Forestburg head coach Cori Hayes said. “The girls have been working on spot serves.
“The girls came out and played some of their best volleyball we have seen,” Hayes continued. “This was a familiar foe, and we took care of business.”
Serving was the name of the game, and Forestburg had 23 ace serves in the match, paced by Hope Phipps’ nine and Cheyenne Banks added eight aces. Kaylee Choate chipped in with four and Alexia Britain had two.
The girls serve different styles, too. Phipps is a classic jump server. Banks serves up a hard, flat ball. Kaylee Choate, Lindsey Johnston and Joscelyn Riddles excel as spot servers.
The first set was tied six times, including at 11-all, before Forestburg went on a four-point run – keyed by a couple of Britain kills. Bryson pulled with two points several times, including at 23-21.
Forestburg won the first set thanks to poor Bryson serve reception.
Bryson went up 3-0 in the third game before Forestburg scored 11 of the next 14 points for a comfortable five-point lead. Read more in the weekend Bowie News.
Forestburg’s Cheyenne Banks serves during Tuesday’s Conference 1A regional quarterfinal versus Bryson in Chico. (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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