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Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers opening game will come on Saturday afternoon against Medina at Hico.
Coach Mark Stevens anticipates an option type offense and a defense that likes to stack the line of scrimmage and dare teams to beat them deep.
He is not too worried since he feels if his team executes, the Panthers will have success on offense.
The team could potentially be without electrifying running back Logan Brawner, but Saint Jo knows it has the depth to do well even if he cannot suit out.
The Panthers play at 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 29 in Hico.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Longhorns host Mount Calm on Friday night.
Coach Trey Cumby said the tape shows the offense does a lot of misdirection in the backfield to create confusion for the defense.
The Longhorns will need to read their keys well on offense if they do not wish to get tricked.
Cumby said on defense the Panthers look like they are committed to stopping the run. With an experienced quarterback and some confident pass catchers, Cumby hopes Forestburg can take advantage and make some big plays in the passing game.
The game is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 28 at Forestburg.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears travel to Perrin-Whitt on Friday to take on a tough Pirates team who was a playoff team last season and returns almost all of their starters.
This will be a tough team, but if the Bears are able to hang with a division I playoff team, that could be a big confidence boost in its own right.
Coach Joe Helms is trying to have his team to not just be satisfied with moral victories. He feels his team can score on anyone if they execute well.
Fatigue could become a factor if the game goes four quarters with a small roster, but Helms is throwing this team that suffered a lot of heartache last year to a big challenge early to see where Gold-Burg will stack up.
The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 28 at Perrin-Whitt.
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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