SPORTS
Montague football wins first game; volleyball wins last two games
The Montague junior high football team opened their season on Thursday against Victory Christian in Decatur.
The Eagles were impressive in their first outing, winning by a score of 40-20.
Montague won the toss and chose to kick to start the game. The Patriots put together a nice drive featuring the run and pass and capped it off with a touchdown.
However, the Eagles’ Conley Kleinhans would return the ensuing kickoff 65 yards for a touchdown to even the score, 7-7.
After some back and forth, Victory led at halftime by a score of 20-19.
The Eagles received the ball to start the second half and struck quickly with a 62-yard touchdown run by Kleinhans.
The Eagles never gave back momentum shutting out the Patriots in the second half by a score of 21-0.
Offensively, the Eagles ability to control the clock with the run game, protect the ball (no turnovers for the game), and effectively mix in the pass were key in the win.
The Eagles also had big rushes for 42, 30, 62, 40, and 75 yard touchdowns.
After a shaky start defensively for the Eagles, they were able to flip the switch in the second half, allowing very little yardage and no scores from the Patriot offense.
The Eagles were also able to force four Patriot turnovers.
Notable stats in the win for the Eagles include: Kleinhans with four touchdowns, 250 yards rushing, a 65-yard kick return for a touchdown, one rushing and three passing extra point conversions and had two interceptions.
Jack Contreras had one touchdown, 105 yards rushing, three extra point receptions and two fumble recoveries defensively. Caleb Carlton added 50 yards rushing.
The Eagles will face the Saint Jo Panthers next at 5 p.m. on Sept. 19 at Saint Jo.
The Montague Lady Eagles traveled to Prairie Valley on Sept. 10 for volleyball. Montague won in two sets 25-20, 25-12.
Outstanding performers were Skyler Smith three aces, five kills, five assists; Kaygan Stone five kills and five assists; Emilee Reed three aces, four kills; Railey Martin six aces.
The Lady Eagles hosted Saint Jo on Monday night.
Montague took down the Lady Panthers in two sets, 25-8, 25-10 behind the strong serving of Kaygan Stone.
They didn’t have an answer for her 16 aces for the match. Stone also had four kills with a .67 hitting percentage.
Skyler Smith led in assists with five and also had four kills with a .57 hitting percent. Emilee Reed added four aces while Charli Snow had three aces and four kills.
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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