SPORTS
Bowie, Nocona teams race all over in district lead up
The Bowie and Nocona cross country teams went to three different meets this week.
The Bowie boy’s team finished second at Ponder on Wednesday while the girl’s team finished 11th at the hugely attended Ken Gaston race in Grand Prairie on Thursday.
Both of Nocona’s teams ran at Brock on Wednesday, with the boy’s team finishing sixth. The girl’s team was one runner short of the five minimum runners needed to complete the team total.
For the Jackrabbits, Alex Shelton was the team’s top runner finishing third overall with a time of 18:27. Sid Mayfield and Trevor Vann joined him among the top 10 in seventh and 10th place.
Brody Armstrong and Travis Terry finished 17th and 18th to round out the top five runners for Bowie. Coach Jonathon Horton was happy with his team. With a great finish while battling heat and tough terrain, he feels confident where his team is with district on the horizon.
The Lady Rabbits ran at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie next to Joe Pool Lake. With many of the metroplexes top programs running, Bowie competed in the 4A and under race along with 16 other schools.
The top runner was Julia Witt who finished in 54th place with a time of 14:13. Jojo Villarreal and Brysen Richey was not far behind in 59th and 60th place. Jennifer Alvarado and Desarai Reyes rounded out the Lady Rabbits top five finishing in 78th and 84th place.
Running against some of the best runners in the Dallas/Fort Worth region hopes to prepare the girls for district.
The Nocona boy’s team had Lyndon Fenoglio finish first for the team in 22nd place with a time of 20:28. Frank Espinoza finished in 33rd place, Eli Croxton 39th, Alex Stephens 57th and Iziak Weatherread 69th place.
The Lady Indians were without Raylee Sparkman, who usually is the teams number two runner. Despite not getting a team result, the girls still had some good results.
Kylie Rose finished fifth overall with a time of 14:18. Madilyn Ferguson joined her among the top 10 in ninth place. Claudia Espinoza finished 18th and Natalie Pirkey was 55th.
With the district race scheduled for Oct. 14 in Bowie, a little more than week exists before teams will need to be in tip top shape.
To see full results, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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