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Lady Rabbits win 62-32 against Breckenridge
The Bowie Lady Rabbits had a happy senior night with a blowout win against Breckenridge on Tuesday.
The Lady Rabbits won 62-32 thanks in large part to a big third quarter.
Bowie started off the game well in the first quarter. The offense relentlessly drove to the basket and either scored or were sent to the free throw line where the team made six of its eight attempts.
On defense, the Lady Rabbits press and trap forced turnovers in the half court, but not many could be transitioned into easy points on the fast break. They did stifle the Lady Bucks from doing much in the first quarter as Bowie led 16-4 in the first quarter.
Brekenridge started to get a handle on breaking the press and capitalizing on some of the chances that came when players broke through. The Lady Bucks made three 3-pointers and actually outscored the Lady Rabbits during the quarter 15-12 thanks to an impressive full-court heave at the buzzer that banked into the basket.
Bowie’s lead had shrunk to 28-19 heading into halftime and Breckenridge felt like it might stick around all game and give the Lady Rabbits a harder challenge than expected.
The two teams exchanged two quick baskets in the opening minutes of the third. Out of nowhere Bowie switched its defense from a trapping press to man-to-man press.
The sudden switch seemed to confuse the Lady Bucks who quickly called a timeout. Expecting that, the Lady Rabbits switched back to trapping although with slight adjustments from their usual system.
Immediately, Bowie’s press started causing chaos for Breckenridge. Steals and deflections led to great transition opportunities on offense and the Lady Rabbits. The physicality of the game seemed to double and the Lady Bucks had trouble establishing any type of offense.
This led to shots going in on offense for Bowie even outside of transition opportunities as everything was going the Lady Rabbits way.
With the third quarter coming to a close, Bowie nearly doubled its scoring output in the first half. The game was in hand with the lead up to 55-27 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Rabbits emptied their bench in the fourth quarter and the shots dried up a bit as the intensity waned with the game in hand. Bowie coasted to the finish with the final score 62-32.
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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