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Bowie starts football season 0-2
The Bowie Jackrabbits had their home opener on Friday against the Bridgeport Bulls in a game that featured a lot of big plays.
While both offenses started off the game with touchdowns on their first plays, it was the Bulls who kept that type of play up for the rest of the game while the Jackrabbits had spurts. Bridgeport won 54-19 as Bowie starts the season 0-2.
The Bulls got the ball first and scored on a 60-yard touchdown pass to their uncovered running back Bryant Reynolds down the left sideline. The Jackrabbits answered as quarterback Colby Miller kept the ball on a zone read and took it 79 yards for a touchdown. The missed extra point made it 7-6 Bridgeport after less than a minute of game action.
The Bulls scored on their next drive that was finished by Reynolds again, this time from a yard out, to make the score 14-6. Bowie turned the ball over on its next possession with an interception. Bridgeport then threw a 31-yard touchdown pass on its next play to make the score 21-6 only halfway through the first quarter.
After punting the ball away, the Jackrabbits defense got their first stop as cornerback Tru’Vion Sansom picked off a slant route at mid-field. While the offense could not capitalize, it motivated Bowie’s defense to play better for the rest of the half.
In the second quarter, the Jackrabbits defense did not give up any points and even forced a turnover on downs at its own 25-yard line at one point.
Bowie’s offense stalled at Bridgeport’s 21-yard line before throwing two more interceptions and fumbling the ball in the shadow of its own end zone which was recovered by the Bulls. The touchdown extended Bridgeport’s lead to 28-6 at halftime.
The third quarter saw both offenses struggle to make much happen for the first eight minutes. Bridgeport eventually capped a drive off with a 14-yard touchdown pass to make the score 34-6 after a missed extra point.
The score opened the floodgates as the Jackrabbits’ offense responded immediately as running back Ty Harris broke through to the second level broke through with a 33-yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 34-13.
The Bulls turned around as Reynolds got lose for a 63-yard touchdown run. The score was 41-13 heading into the fourth quarter.
The big plays kept coming for Bridgeport. A wide receiver screen went 63 yards for a touchdown to up the lead to 48-13. Bowie answered quickly as Harris again got lose, this time from 44 yards out to cut the lead to 48-19, but the Bulls offense would not let their foot off the gas.
A short two-yard touchdown pass would follow Bridgeport’s next drive to make the score 54-19. A final interception thrown would cap seal the game for the Bulls as the game ended.
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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