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Volleyball Roundup

Published

6 years ago

08/17/2019

Nocona
Nocona hosted a dual with Gunter and Ponder on Tuesday night, playing back-to-back in closely contested matches that saw the Lady Indians come out triumphant after four hours of volleyball.
Nocona had to work to beat the Lady Tigers 3-1 and the Lady Lions in a five set thriller 3-2.
The Lady Indians found out right away Gunter was not here to mess around. The Lady Tigers won the first set 25-21 to take an early lead.
Nocona settled down and won the next two sets 25-14 and 25-20 to take a 2-1 lead heading into the fourth set. Gunter needed to win to force a fifth set, but did not have enough gas as the Lady Indians won the set 25-22 to win the match.
Nocona did not have much time to relish its win as Ponder was up next after a short break. The fresher Lady Lions were able to pull out the win in set one 25-22. Again, the Lady Indians were able to come back from losing the firs set, winning sets two and three by the barest margins possible 25-23 and 27-25.
Ponder would not go away though. The fourth set was just as much of a battle as the whole match had been. Again the set went into extra points like in the third set, but it was the Lady Lions who came out on top 27-25 to force a fifth and final set.
The fifth set lived up to the rest of the match as neither team could gain or keep much of a lead that was safe. It went down to the wire and thankfully it was Nocona who came out on top, winning 16-14 to win the match.
The Lady Indians host Bridgeport at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 20.

Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears traveled to Graford on Tuesday and pulled out a come from behind win in tough conditions.
The gym’s air conditioning was not working and temperatures got up to the high 80s, made worse by the fact the match went to five sets. Fortunately, the Lady Bears came out on top.
Things were not going Gold-Burg’s way the first two sets. The heat was affecting the Lady Bears setting and the young team was having some consistency issues as the Lady Rabbits won 25-22 and 25-21.
Gold-Burg was not giving up. The Lady Bears focused up and were able to win sets three and four with scores of 25-21 and 25-19.
With all of the momentum, Gold-Burg carried that into the fifth set and won comfortably 15-8 to end the literal heat marathon.
The Lady Bears travel to Saint Jo to play at 5 p.m. on Aug. 20.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers hosted Gainesville on Tuesday night.
The Lady Panthers won easily in straight sets against the Lady Leopards. Only the first set was any type of competitive as Saint Jo won 25-17, 25-9 and 25-12.
Coach Charlie Hamilton knew heading into the match her team had the better ability, but warned them of not letting Gainesville’s play affect how they play.
Hamilton is still trying to round out her final varsity roster at this point as she has shuffled around the lineup.
Saint Jo hosts Gold-Burg at 5 p.m. on Aug. 20.

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Two teams compete at state tourney

Published

4 days ago

06/05/2025

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Colt Henry, Lane Smith, Cooper Johnson and Corbyn Patton competed at the state high school bass tournament at Lake Conroe. (Courtesy photo)

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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15 athletes playing in Oil Bowl

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4 days ago

06/05/2025

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The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.

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Hill upgraded to Nocona AD

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4 days ago

06/05/2025

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New Nocona Athletic Director Jeff Hill along with his wife Amy and their kids Kason, Camden and Kinsley. (Courtesy photo)

Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”

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