SPORTS
County athletes head for state meet
The UIL state track meet is this Friday and Saturday at the Mike A. Myers Track Complex in the University of Texas at Austin.
Five Montague County athletes qualified from three schools in both the 3A and 1A divisions. All five qualified in field events with one athlete also qualifying in one running event as well.
Kamryn Cantwell
The senior from Bowie, Kamryn Cantwell, is going to try to leave an even bigger legacy at Bowie by wrapping up what has already been a banner final year for her in three different sports.
She qualified for the state meet during cross country season and was named to the all-state team in basketball, signing on to play basketball at the next level at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
Now she has qualified for state for the second straight year in the 400-meter dash and for the first time in the long jump, with eyes and the ability to bring home a medal in each. Cantwell jumps early on Friday morning at 8 a.m. and does not run until 6:45 p.m.
Kason Spikes
Bowie’s Kason Spikesalso is trying to cap off a great senior year with a surprising state appearance at the state track meet.
Coming off a state title run in basketball that saw him sink the clinching free throws while being named all state, Spikes came into this season with nothing to lose.
Only making it to the area meet last year in high jump with a personal record of 6-0, Spikes was able to break that record in his first meet this season by jumping 6-2. He was not able to surpass it though as he failed to make the height at a cold district meet and was able to equal it at area before sprouting wings and jumping 6-6 at the regional meet to win it. Spikes jumps at 10 a.m. on Friday.
Lexi Britain
Lexi Britain has been a fixture at Forestburg for years in mostly other sports, competing in and dominating both volleyball and basketball with her combination of height and skill.
She earned district most valuable player this past year and in basketball while earning all-state honorable mention in volleyball. Last year, she finished fifth at the regional meet in shot put, but this year was able to get through with a throw of 31-10.25, good for second and a place at state. Britain throws at 8 a.m. on Saturday.
Zach Bradley
Another Forestburg shot putter, Zach Bradley is making his first appearance on the state stage. The cousin of Britain, Bradley is another multi sport athlete who has competed in both football and basketball the past two years.
Only a sophomore, the future is bright for Bradley as his finish this year can be a benchmark for other state competitions in his future. Bradley throws at 4 p.m. on Friday.
Chase Edwards
Prairie Valley’s Chase Edwards is the lone competitor representing a school by himself as he finished second in the high jump at the regional meet by jumping 6-1.
A multi-sport athlete, Edwards competed in basketball and cross country as well during his time at Prairie Valley, earning district awards in basketball and running on several cross county teams that competed at regionals. In a stacked high jump field, Edwards was able finish second by jumping 6-1. Only two jumpers in the state have jumped higher and one was the one who beat him at regional by only one inch. Edwards jumps at 2:30 p.m. on Friday.
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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.
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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.
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