SPORTS
Nocona boys beat Bowie 42-35
Bowie and Nocona faced off for the second time this season at the Indians’ court on Tuesday.
It was closer than the first matchup two weeks earlier, but same result as Nocona won 42-35.
Both teams came in desperately needing wins after facing some recent tough losses.
The game started out slow. Despite losing leading scorer Jason Sparkman to early foul trouble, the Indians were up 5-0 midway through the first quarter. The Jackrabbits tied the score in the next minute, but Nocona ended the quarter on a 6-0 run to go up 11-5.
Bowie tried to switch up its defense in the second quarter featuring more trapping. This worked to get the Jackrabbits to cut the lead to 15-13.
Again, the Indians ended the quarter strong, leading 22-15 at halftime. They got a good scoring boost from Adam Meekins off the bench as he scored seven points in the quarter.
The third quarter was slow going for both teams as they combined to score 13 points total. Nocona’s two 3-pointers, from Meekins and Blake Gauna, helped put the Indians up by double digits 30-20 heading into the final quarter.
Bowie started a comeback, scoring five points in the first minute of the fourth quarter to get within 30-25. After some back and forth, the Jackrabbits got the game to within one score 35-32 with a 3-pointer from Cade Thompson.
After an offensive putback from Nocona’s Sparkman, another Bowie 3-pointer from Tru’Vion Sansom cut the lead 37-35 with less than two minutes to go.
Sparkman was then sent to the free throw line and sank both shots. The Jackrabbits missed a 3-point shot and Sparkman made another free throw to make the lead 40-35 with less than a minute left.
Bowie tried to get a good shot, but took too much time before missing a shot with 18 seconds left. Nocona got the ball and point guard Landry McCasland sank both his free throws. The Jackrabbits made a layup at the buzzer, but the Indians won 42-37.
The Indians host Henrietta at 7 p.m. on Feb. 18. The Jackrabbits travel to Childress at 6 p.m. on Feb. 18.
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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