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Saint Jo vs Gold-Burg boys
The Saint Jo boy’s basketball team hosted Gold-Burg on Tuesday in a game the Panthers dominated.
Saint Jo won 80-20 against a young Bears team.
The Panthers press was too much and allowed them to get some easy looks on offense to put the game away early at home.
Brock Durham led Saint Jo with 20 points and also swiped eight steals. Connor Thompson was second with 18 points.
Panthers Coach Lyndon Cook liked how his team took care of business and was able to get his whole bench playing time.
With only one loss in district play so far, the Panthers hope with another win to set themselves up to play Slidell for a share of the district title on the line.
Gold-Burg struggled against one of the most athletic teams in the district.
Coach Leo Murguia hopes his team can learn from this game heading into a bye game to gear up for the final three games of the season.
Saint Jo hosts Slidell at 7 p.m. on Feb. 11. The Bears next host Prairie Valley at 7 p.m. on Feb. 11.
Prairie Valley vs Forestburg girls
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs beat Forestburg at home on Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs won a low-scoring game 35-23 to bounce back after several losses.
Emily Carpenter led Prairie Valley with a double-double scoring 18 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Shelby Roof swiped seven steals on defense to go with scoring six points.
Lady Bulldogs Coach Jeannie Carpenter said the team struggled defending against the Lady Horns height as post player Morgan Miller scored a game high 21 points for Forestburg.
Prairie Valley plays its final game of the season at Gold-Burg at 6 p.m. on Feb. 11. The Lady Horns finish their season at home against Bellevue at 6 p.m. on Feb. 11.
Saint Jo vs Gold-Burg girls
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won a close game against Gold-Burg at home on Tuesday.
The Lady Panthers won 31-29 as they held on to win as they battled through injuries.
The Lady Bears were led by Shadie Whitaker, who scored 13 points. Gold-Burg Coach Carlynn Murguia thought her team played well, as the team had lost to Saint Jo by 15 points in the teams first matchup.
The teams will finish off their seasons on Feb. 11 on senior night. Saint Jo will host Slidell at 6 p.m. The Lady Bears will host Prairie Valley at 6 p.m.
Prairie Valley vs Forestburg boys
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs won a big home game on Tuesday against Forestburg.
The Bulldogs won 62-38 to win their third straight game.
Prairie Valley hurt the Longhorns from deep as the team made 14 3-pointers in the game. Nicholas Bell led the team with 27 points.
For Forestburg, Coach Eldon Van Hooser chalked the game up to the Longhorns getting into foul trouble and the Bulldogs hot shooting. Riley Sandusky led the team with 16 points.
Prairie Valley next plays at Gold-Burg at 7 p.m. on Feb. 11. Forestburg next plays at Bellevue at home at 7 p.m. on Feb. 11.
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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