SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians were able to bounce back from their first loss with a straight sets win at home against Childress on Tuesday.
The Lady Indians were able to take care of the Lady Cats with scores of 25-16, 25-17 and 25-19.
Nocona was led by Averee Kleinhans who had 17 kills to go along with seven digs and three blocks. Trystin Fenoglio passed around 28 assists and Laramie Hayes had 12 digs. Taylor Newmon had five kills and Jessica Dingler had four kills and two blocks.
The Lady Indians host rival Bowie at noon on Oct. 12 to close out the first round of district play.
It will be a must win for Nocona if they plan to challenge for the district title since the Lady Rabbits beat Holliday on Tuesday.
The Lady Indians next travel to City View to play at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 15.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs took a break from district play on Tuesday as they hosted Olney.
The Lady Bulldogs won the match in straight sets by comfortable margins of 25-11, 25-14 and 25-7.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 12 assists and nine kills. Hailey Winkler had team high 15 digs in the back row and Shelby Roof had six aces. Tayor Franklin and CeCe Mahin each had four kills to add to the offense.
Prairie Valley next travels to Windthorst to play at 6 p.m. on Oct. 15.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers traveled to Tioga on Tuesday to start the second round of district play.
The Lady Panthers lost to the 2A Lady Bulldogs in straight sets. None of the set scores were particularly close 25-8, 25-10 and 25-13.
Coach Charlie Hamilton did not have any comments about the match. Saint Jo knows it can compete better against these 2A teams.
Saint Jo next hosts Lindsay at 6 p.m. on Oct. 15.
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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