SPORTS
Prairie Valley basketball starts season
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs topped Mineral Wells Community Christian 53-42 on Friday to secure a season opener win.
However, the Lady Bulldogs trailed 0-6 at the end of the first quarter, but woke up and put 18 points on the board in the second to head into halftime trailing just one point 18-19.
The Lady Bulldogs continued to dominate in the last two quarters, outscoring the visiting team 17-12 in both to take the 52-43 win.
Sydni Messer tallied 15 points to lead the Lady Bulldogs. Hailey Winkler also scored in double digits with 12 points to help fuel the win.
“We have a lot to work on,” explained Carpenter. “First and foremost, the girls need to be hitting the gym putting up shots. We are quick but struggle with seeing the court as well as we should. We are still a relatively young team, but we are returning four starters. I am looking forward to what this season has in store for us.”
The Prairie Valley boys suffered a tight three-point loss by 67-64 to Mineral Wells Community Christian to open the season on Friday night.
The Bulldogs led in the first half, closing out the first quarter ahead by one 16-15, and had extended that lead 32-27 heading into halftime.
However, the Warriors came back fighting in the third, outscoring the Bulldogs 14-7. They again led in the fourth by one point, but the third quarter was enough of a lead to take the win 67-64.
“We played a very physical game, but a lot of times we were just out of control offensively and defensively,” said Prairie Valley Coach Seth Stephens, who is in his first year of coaching the Bulldogs.
Three of the Bulldog’s starters fouled out, with William Winkler landing in foul trouble and spending half the game on the bench.
However, he was still able to grab 11 rebounds while putting up 12 points. Carter Lemon led the Bulldog offense with 19 points, and Tyler Reid was a big contributor for Prairie Valley with 10 points and seven rebounds.
The Bulldogs will take on HEAT as well at home on Friday. The boys will follow the girl’s game, scheduled for 6 p.m.
To read the full story, 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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