SPORTS
Boy powerlifters compete at regional meet
The Bowie and Nocona boy powerlifting teams competed at the regional meet at Alvord on Friday.
With lifters from 33 schools, the competition was fierce with the Jackrabbit team finishing 15th and the Indians finishing 23rd.
Bowie’s team had two lifters finish in the top five in their weight classes that led to points for the team. Roman Rivas and Coleton Price both finished fourth overall, Rivas in the 132 pound weight class and Price in the 275 weight class.
Rivas set a season best total weight, breaking the 1,000 total weight barrier with 1,025 pounds lifted. He did it by lifting season highs on the squat and deadlift, lifting 400 pounds on each lift.
Price also easily had his highest total of the season as well, lifting 1,260 pounds. The biggest improvement came in his squat, lifting a season best 550 pounds, a more than 50 pound increase than he had lifted all season.
For Nocona, Dorian Ellis was the only lifter to finish in the top five in his weight class. Ellis finished fifth in the 123 pound weight class. He was tied with fourth place, but the other lifter from Whitesboro weighed in a tenth of a pound lighter to finish ahead.
While Ellis did not set or equal his best weight total of the season, he did set a new season high on the bench press lifting 165 pounds.
Neither team had a lifter qualify for the state meet, which was postponed until May 2 due to the threat of COVID-19. Still, it was a solid season as both programs had solid participation, which is all coaches want in the end.
For full results from Bowie and Nocona lifters. pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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