SPORTS
Locals earn all district softball
The softball all district selections are out for district 8-3A and saw several girls named.
The Bowie Lady Rabbits had seven girls named to the all district teams, seniors Taylor McCarty and Maylie Short earning district superlatives.
McCarty was named offensive most valuable player of the district for her ability to hit for both average and power to all fields while also being a good base runner.
Short was named utility player of the year in the district. She played both outfield and pitched for the Lady Rabbits, showing great versatility by playing both spots well.
Senior Callie Melton was named all district first team at first base, providing a reliable target for infielders to throw to while also coming through with several clutch hits during the season.
Senior Katelyn Allison also got named all district first team as an outfielder, patrolling center field all year for Bowie. The only left handed hitter in the lineup, Allison came through with many timely hits during the year while also running down any balls hit to her.
Senior pitcher Kalee Case, senior outfielder Emily Cox and junior catcher Carrington Davis were named to the all district second team. Case brought her power pitching style to the mound as a contrast with Short.
Cox provided good base running from the nine hole all year while patrolling either corner of the outfield.
Davis captained the team from behind the plate while providing a solid bat in the lineup capable of getting runners home.
For Nocona, the Lady Indians had two players named to the all district second team. Senior Lexi Towery was named in the designated player position, as her bat led to a lot of runs for Nocona. In the outfield, junior Taylor Richards did a good job fielding and was able to get on base for the Lady Indians consistently enough to score.
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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