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Bowie girls, Forestburg run at meets
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits competed at the Jim Ned Invitational on Thursday in a tough competition from nine other schools.
The Lady Rabbits finished sixth overall as several girls performed well.
Jayci Logan won both the 100 and 200 meter races, running 13.06 seconds in the first and 27.53 in the second.
Neely Price also won the high jump, clearing 4-10.
Other girls who finished in the top six in their event and contributed points included Hannah Love finishing sixth in the 400 meters and Anahi Perez finishing sixth in the 100 meter hurdles.
Bowie’s next meet is at home on March 25.
Forestburg
The Forestburg track team competed well at Bryson on March 11 and had several people finish with good results.
On the Lady Horn side, Reagan Ladewig led the team by winning the 100 meter hurdles, finishing second in the shot put, fourth in the 200 meter and sixth in the 400 meter races.
Justynne Roller did well finishing third in the 1600 meter race, fifth in the 800 meter race and fifth in the shot put. Teammate Morgan Miller finished right behind her in the shot put in sixth place.
On the boy’s side, the 4×200 meter relay team of Jeremiah Perez, Dylan Ronken, Levi Balthrop and James Stokes finished first. The same team, with Will Johnson subbed in for Ronken, finished second in the 4×100 meter relay.
Individually, highlights included Ronken finishing second in the 110 meter hurdles, Braxton Osteen finishing third in the discus, Johnson finishing fourth in the 400 meter race and James Stokes finishing fourth in the 200 meter race.
The team’s last scheduled meet before district is set for 1:30 p.m. on March 26 at Chillicothe.
To see full results from both schools, 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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