SPORTS
Saint Jo beats volleyball Forestburg
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers hosted district and county rival Forestburg on Tuesday.
With it being the only district matchup for either team against a 1A school during district play, the Lady Panthers came out on top winning in straight sets.
The first set saw the Lady Horns coming out to play. Forestburg was up early 4-1 thanks to some strong serving and characteristically scrappy play. Saint Jo recovered and slowly took control, leading 11-9 after the sets first 20 points.
The Lady Panthers extended the lead to 17-13 and was able to close out strong to win 25-14. Saint Jo’s serves and relentless attacks at the net proved too much near the end for Forestburg.
The Lady Panthers had settled down by the second set as they jumped out to a 10-5 lead. The Lady Horns did all they could to keep balls in play and even had several blocks at the net on defense, but Saint Jo was rolling.
The lead stretched to double digits 20-10 and the two teams played even the next 10 points as the Lady Panthers won 25-15.
Forestburg needed to turn things around in the third set if it wanted a chance to win the match. Unfortunately for them, Saint Jo’s serving to start the set was on point as the Lady Panthers quickly led 8-2.
The lead became 15-5 in the next 10 points and Saint Jo was able to coast to the victory, winning 25-8 to win the match 3-0.
For Saint Jo, statistical leaders included Paityn Holley leading the team with 15 kills and Kaitline Harris dishing out 24 assists. Hannah Reyling also finished with double digit kills with 10 and had two aces.
For Forestburg Athena Britain led the team with four kills. Bailey Payne led the team with nine digs while Katelyn Park had a team high seven assists and adding six digs.
The Lady Horns host Alvord at 5 p.m. on Oct. 8. The Lady Panthers travel to Tioga to play at 6 p.m. on Oct. 8.
To read the full story, 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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