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Basketball Roundup
Bellevue vs Gold-Burg girls
The Bellevue Lady Eagles beat Gold-Burg at home on Tuesday in a one-sided game.
The Lady Eagles won 90-32 against the Lady Bears.
Bellevue’s press defense created a lot of good looks for the team while stifling Gold-Burg.
The Lady Eagles got out to an 18-8 lead in the first quarter and a 42-17 lead at halftime. Bellevue did not let up for the rest of game.
Sky-Lar Embry led the Lady Eagles with 31 points while Kaylee Trail scored 20 points. Both made three 3-pointers apiece.
For the Lady Bears, Sadie Whitaker led the team scoring nine points while Taylor Lyons scored seven.
Bellevue is next scheduled to play at 6 p.m. on Jan. 15 at Forestburg. Gold-Burg is next scheduled to play at 6 p.m. on Jan. 12 at Prairie Valley.
Saint Jo boys
The Saint Jo Panthers lost a non-district game to Archer City at home on Tuesday.
The Panthers lost 60-43 against the Wildcats, mostly thanks to a not great night at the free throw line.
Saint Jo made less than 50 percent of their attempts, going 16-33 from the line on the night.
Brice Durham led the team with 17 points while Kile Thurman was second scoring nine.
On defense the Panthers struggled containing Archer City’s front line that outsized them inside.
Still, Cook thought his team did good adjusting and played better in the second half.
Saint Jo is next scheduled to play at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 12 at Forestburg
Prairie Valley girls
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost to district favorite Slidell at home on Tuesday.
The Lady Greyhounds won, but the Lady Bulldogs kept the score close losing 43-34.
Prairie Valley played one of its best games of the season, breaking Slidell’s press consistently enough to get the Lady Greyhounds out of it.
The Lady Bulldogs went into the fourth quarter trailing only by four points, but just could not break through to take the lead.
Emily Carpenter led the team scoring 12 points and grabbing nine rebounds. Hailey Winkler was second scoring 10 points and seven rebounds.
Prairie Valley is next scheduled to host Gold-Burg at 6 p.m. on Jan. 12 in a district match up.
Prairie Valley boys
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs fell to the top-ranked team in the state Slidell on Tuesday.
The Greyhounds won 94-32, showing why they are one of the top-ranked programs in the state the last several years.
There were not a lot of good moments for the Bulldogs according to Coach Seth Stephens.
Isaac Yeargin led the team with 15 points while making four 3-pointers. Tyler Winkler was second scoring nine points while leading the team with four rebounds, four assists and three steals.
Stephens hopes the game can be something the team learns from and can motivate them for the future.
Prairie Valley is next scheduled to host Gold-Burg at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 12.
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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