SPORTS
Nocona falls to Henrietta
A tough game at home on Friday against Henrietta saw the Nocona softball team lose in five innings, with the major damage coming in only two innings.
Henrietta did enough in those two innings to end the game after five innings 14-0.
In the second and third innings, the Lady Indians could not put out the fire. Henrietta scored 11 runs during those innings combined.
In the first inning, the Lady Indians got themselves into a pickle early. The Lady Cats loaded the bases with only one out. A hit to center field scored one run.
Fortunately, pitcher Jessica Vogel was able to force a pop out to first base and an out at home on a groundball to second base to get out of the inning only giving up one run.
In the second and third innings, Henrietta scored 11 runs on 13 hits.
The Lady Indians were only able to get two runners on base during those innings in response as the trailed 12-0 heading into the fourth inning.
The Lady Cats were able score in the top of the fourth on a wild pitch to make it 13-0, but were able to make the plays to end that at bat by forcing a ground out to short stop to end the top of the fourth.
Nocona’s offense continued to struggle. A one out drawn walk from Alleeyah Silcox got put into scoring position when she advanced to second on a wild pitch. Laramie Hayes singled to center field. Silcox was thrown out at second base.
Hayes was then caught trying to steal second to end the fourth inning.
After Henrietta had runners at the corners with one out, they singled on a bunt to score the runner on third to put the score to 14-0. Luckily, the Lady IndiNocona
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to Henriettaans were able to force two more outs on a ground out to short stop and a pop out to first to get out of the top of the fifth.
Nocona needed to score five run in the bottom of the fifth to keep the game going. Kycelynn Contreras led off the inning with a groundball single.
Vogel followed with ground ball single. With no outs, the Lady Indians had their best scoring chance all game.
Unfortunately, the runner at second got picked off and the next two batters grounded out to end the game.
To read more, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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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