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Prairie Valley vs Bellevue
The Prairie Valley boys hosted Bellevue on Tuesday night for the start of the second round of district play.
The Bulldogs were able to get a measure of revenge since they lost to the Eagles in the first round, winning 68-53.
William Winkler led the team with 18 points while Nicholas Bell and Carter Lemon each scored 16.
Prairie Valley Coach Seth Stephens thought the key to the game was how well his defense played.
“We didn’t shoot great, but I thought we really got after it defensively for most of the game,” Stephens said. “Very proud of our team effort on defense. We also played with really great energy.”
The Bulldogs forced the action by pressing Bellevue, something Stephens felt worked good in the first game. This allowed the game to be much like a track meet and the score to be as high as it was.
The win is Prairie Valley’s second of district play. They hope it is the start of a different second round for them as they lost several close games in the first round they hope they can pull out.
Saint Jo vs Forestburg
The second round of the Saint Jo and Forestburg rivalry played out on Tuesday in Saint Jo with the results being similar to what has come this season.
The Panthers beat the Longhorns 78-53 as Saint Jo kept itself in the running for a bid at the district title while Forestburg searches for its first district win.
Despite the big margin, the game was more competitive than the first game. Like the first game, the Panthers came out aggressive early and were able to establish a big lead.
Also Saint Jo was making perimeter shots, something that is not always clicking every night for them so the outcome of the game seemed in hand.
Brock Durham had a game high 23 points and Blake Anderson was right behind him with 19 points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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