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2 Montague County volleyball players chosen for the Oil Bowl
Two athletes from Montague County are confirmed to play in the Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl’s first all star volleyball game on June 15.
Graduating players Abby Zamzow from Bowie and DeAnna Molinaro from Gold-Burg will be joining some of the best players in the area for one last high school volleyball game.
The organizations football game is one of the longest tenured all star games in the state dating back to 1937, but with basketball being added last year after a 17 year absence, volleyball is being put on the docket for the first time.
Zamzow was a first team all-district selection for the Lady Rabbits. She did a little bit of everything for Bowie as she split time between setting and attacking, on offense.
She also was versatile enough to play in the back row and her jump serve was a powerful weapon when she had it going .
A newcomer to the Lady Rabbits after spending her first three years at Henrietta, Zamzow seemed to blend in well. The team finished third in the district, but gave many of the top teams it faced a run for their money.
Coach Breanna Jones enjoyed having Zamzow on her team and is proud she will represent Bowie in the inaugural game.
“Abby was an all around player as a setter, hitter and defense player,” Jones said. “For her to be selected for the Oil Bowl just shows how much of an impact player she is and that we were fortunate to have her.”
Molinaro was one of the few seniors for the Lady Bears this season. A first team all-district selection, Molinaro’s versatility and consistency helped a young team get better as the season went along. The crowning achievement was when Gold-Burg beat Bluff Dale in five sets to win the bi-district playoff game.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh is proud one of the first players she shepherded through high school is getting recognized for such an honor.
“When I came to Gold-Burg, DeAnna was just a freshman and I could see “a diamond in the rough,” Cromleigh said. “She could play all positions and had the most consistent serve. She grew to be our leader her senior year and blossomed. The team rallied around DeAnna all season long to their bi-district championship. It means more than words can express for DeAnna to get to play one more game for Gold-Burg. She makes me so proud every time she steps on the court. She is a fierce competitor and my champion.”
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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