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Bowie holds on in Jacksboro
The Bowie Jackrabbits did just enough to hold off a late charge at Jacksboro to secure a close win on Friday.
The Jackrabbits survived a couple of late shots for the Tigers to tie the game at the end to win 54-51.
The game got off to a competitive start. Bowie had trouble containing two players who did all of Jacksboro’s scoring from behind the arc and keeping them off the free throw line.
On the offensive end, the Jackrabbits were pretty balanced with four players scoring at least one basket. They got a bigger boost from Cade Thompson though, who made two 3-pointers and scored eight of the team’s 14 points.
The Tigers led 15-14 heading into the second quarter.
The second quarter saw the game change drastically. The Bowie offense caught fire from 3-point range. Brody Armstrong came off the bench and made four 3-pointers during the quarter alone. Bayler Swint added one as well as the Jackrabbits scored 19 points the quarter.
While that is not the best offensive quarter for the Jackrabbits this season, it was made even better by the fact the team held Jacksboro to zero points during this stretch.
It was not immediately noticed by everyone until later since everyone got distracted by the string of 3-point baskets swishing through the rim.
The once close game now saw Bowie comfortably in control up 33-15.
It was déjà vu from the game earlier in the week. Against Breckenridge, the Jackrabbits had held the Buckaroos scoreless in the second quarter to establish a double-digit lead. That game never got close as Bowie won by 23 points.
The Tigers were not going to lay down.
“They just kind of kept slowly coming back,” Coach Andy Atkins said. “They hit a lot of shots we hadn’t seen them consistently hit on film and they played really hard.”
Jacksboro more than doubled its first half total in the third quarter, scoring 18 points all inside the 3-point arc.
The Jackrabbits made three more 3-pointers, but not much else. Bowie still led 43-33 heading into the fourth quarter, but the Tigers were gaining.
Jacksboro continued its offensive pace. It wasn’t that the Jackrabbits were falling apart defensively, but the Tigers were making tough shots that continued to go in.
Bowie’s 3-point barrage in the first three quarters escaped the team in the fourth quarter.
Luckily, the team got some baskets inside from post players Riley Blackburn and Ryder Richey along with the team making five of its seven free throw attempts. It ended up being just enough.
Jacksboro had two chances in the final 10 seconds to try and tie up the score, but both attempts missed as the Jackrabbits escaped with the win 54-51.
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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