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Lady Bulldogs win at tournament; Gold-Burg comes in second overall
Gold-Burg hosted its volleyball tournament on Saturday that wrapped up the final tournament for both the host and the teams that came.
District opponent Prairie Valley came out on top to win the tournament for the second straight year as the Lady Bulldogs won all three of their games without dropping a set while the Lady Bears finished second overall.
Prairie Valley first played Graford. After a slow start in the first set, the Lady Bulldogs pulled away to win 25-20. The second set was not much of an issue as the Lady Rabbits went down 25-15.
Gold-Burg started out the tournament with a tough one against Perrin-Whitt. Despite beating them earlier in the week, the Lady Pirates took the first set 25-19. The second set was closer, but the Lady Bears were able to pull away to win 25-21 to force a third and final set. From there Gold-Burg took control early and won 15-10.
The two teams met in each one’s second game of the tournament. Prairie Valley won the first set in a one-sided affair 25-11, but the second set was much closer. Still the Lady Bulldogs came out on top 26-24 to win the match.
With the teams scheduled to meet twice more during district play, Saturday was just a preview of more to come.
Prairie Valley wrapped up the tournament against Perrin-Whitt. The Lady Bulldogs won the first set by a double-digit margin 25-14 and was able to hold on for a closer second set win 25-22 to win the match.
The Lady Bears played Graford to close out the tournament. It was a close match as Gold-Burg won the first set 25-20, but lost the second set 25-21. In the second third set match of the day, the Lady Bears again pulled off the win in extra time 15-9 to finish second at the tournament.
From Prairie Valley Shelby Roof and Veronica Gutierrez were named to the all-tournament team. For Gold-Burg Taylor Lyons and Kelly Contreras were named to the all-tournament team. The tournament most valuable player went to the Lady Bulldogs Emily Carpenter.
To read the full story and see pictures from both teams, 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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