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Girls Basketball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians played back-to-back road games on Friday and Saturday to kick-start them into the season.
The Lady Indians picked up a win against Godley 72-31, but fell to a tough Melissa team 64-42.
Nocona never had any trouble against the Lady Cats who were first up. The Lady Indians led by double-digits 39-22 after half time and never looked back.
The Lady Indians received their first big test playing the tougher Lady Cardinals the next day. Melissa got out to a big lead 21-8 in the first quarter while never Nocona’s offense never got going.
The Lady Cardinals got the free throw line at will, putting the Lady Indians into foul trouble and throwing them off their game. It was a game to learn from as Nocona looks forward.
Trying to play catch up after a delayed start to the season, Nocona has three games scheduled for this week against Vernon and Midway.
The Lady Indians end the week hosting Alvord at 11 a.m. on Nov. 28.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs beat Bryson on Friday after their original game was canceled.
The Lady Bulldogs won a one-sided game 35-15 thanks to a strong start to the game.
Prairie Valley scored the first 15 points of the game against the Cowgirls. Bryson took all game to equal that total while the Lady Bulldogs kept increasing their lead.
Emily Carpenter led the team with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Hailey Winkler was second with 10 points while leading the team with eight steals.
Prairie Valley’s next scheduled game will be a rematch at Bryson at 6 p.m. on Dec. 1.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears lost their opening game against Newcastle in close fashion.
The Lady Bobcats won 37-33 as the Lady Bears just ran out of time.
Newcastle led by double-digits at halftime 22-10, but Gold-Burg played better as the game went on. Unfortunately, the Lady Bears came up just short.
Coach Cheryl Cromleigh thought it was a great effort for her team in the first game. Down a starter, undersized overall and facing a Newcastle team with four games already played, there was every excuse to give up after a tough first half.
Gold-Burg next scheduled game is hosting Chillicothe at 6 p.m. on Dec. 1.
To read the full story, 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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