SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Hardee homer hammers Nocona
By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com
Bowie High School’s Trace Hardee sent a charged particle deep into the night as the Jackrabbits topped Montague County rival Nocona 7-2 on Friday.
Despite the loss, it was quite possibly the best the Indians had played all season.
“Nocona did a good job of creating a couple of rallies,” Bowie head baseball coach Ryan Rogers said. “They put some pressure on us with their bunts. They scratched out a couple of runs, and played good defense.”
Jeremy James made a couple of impressive plays for the Indians at shortstop, and Nocona saw the kind of team they are capable of being against the top team in District 3A-9.
“We didn’t make any huge mistakes,” said Nocona head coach Brent Lewis. “We were able to field routine ground balls, take the extra bag and move runners along. Charles Evans threw strikes and kept the ball in the zone. I was proud of our guys Friday.”
Meanwhile, Bowie’s Barrett Brooks doubled once and scored twice, and Kevin Stallcup earned the win coming in relief of starter Lawson Mickler – who struggled during the top of the fifth.
“Kevin was huge for us, at a big part of the game,” Rogers said. “He came in with no outs, and held Nocona’s rally to one run. He saved the game for us, and they didn’t touch him. That allowed our offense to take the lead right back.” Read more, and see box scores and complete district standings, in the April 6 Bowie News.
Nocona head baseball coach Brent Lewis reacts as Trace Hardee smacks a two-run home run during Friday’s District 3A-9 game at the outdoor complex. Bowie defeated Nocona 7-2, improving to 6-0 in the district.
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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