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Lady Indians softball wins 35-6
The Nocona Lady Indians put on quite the show at Gainesville on Tuesday.
The Lady Indians beat the Lady Leopards by the football-like score 36-5 in just three innings, with most coming in the first inning.
Nocona scored 21 runs to lead off the game, with many coming from hits. Kycelynn Contreras drove in a run on a double. Jessica Dingler hit a three-run home run. Tobie Cable hit a two-run home run. Jenna McBride hit an RBI single.
Still in the first inning, Contreras drove in another run on a single. Laci Stone drove in a run on a single. Katy Barrett hit a three-run home run. Makenna Nobile drove in a run on a double.
Contreras drove in two runs on a double. Stone drove in a run on a single. Barrett then drove in the last two runs on a single before the next two batters struck out to end the onslaught, the Lady Indians up 21-0.
Besides a hit batter with one out, Gainesville had no success getting any offense going as Stone forced two ground outs and a pop out to the catcher.
In the second inning, Nocona still had its foot on the gas pedal. With two runners on and one out, Contreras hit an RBI double to score one run. Next batter Paige James came in to pinch hit and came through with a single up the middle that scored both base runners.
A couple of batters later with the bases loaded, Logan Patterson drove in a run with a single. Two passed balls scored two more runs to go up 29-0.
Nocona had the bases loaded with two outs when a pop out to the short stop put an end to the scoring.
The Lady Leopards did bounce back some in the second inning. Gainesville had five hits, two walks and took advantage of one fielding error to score five runs, but is was just a drop in the bucket as the Lady Indians still led big 29-5 heading into the third inning.
Nocona was not going to back off even with the big lead. Dingler drove in a run on a double.
Barrett traded places with her with a double of her own. Cable made it three straight RBI doubles with a double to left field.
After loading the bases with one out, Ramsey hit a double to center field that drove in two runs. Contreras then hit an RBI single to third base. A fielding error at third base allowed another base runner to score to make it 36-5.
The next two batters flew out and grounded out to end Nocona’s offensive day.
The Lady Leopards would need to score 17 runs to avoid being run ruled after three innings, let alone trying to come back and win.
Besides a walk with one out, Stone struck out two batters and forced the final batter to ground out at second base to end the game, the Lady Indians victorious.
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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