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Saint Jo vs Gold-Burg
The Saint Jo Panthers earned their first win of the season hosting fellow Montague County team Gold-Burg on Friday.
The Panthers ended the game in the third quarter as they won 78-28 against an improved Bears’ team.
The Panthers scored on every possession with Brawner scoring five touchdowns and rushing for 155 yards. Harris completed five passes for 128 yards and three touchdowns. Two touchdowns went to Connor for 95 total yards.
The Bears had glimpses of great play as Kani led the team with 137 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Jayon scored two touchdowns as well while rushing for 84 yards.
Unfortunately, three turnovers and getting in a two score hole to start the game thanks to a failed onside kick recovery never allowed Gold-Burg to get into the game.
Trying to contain Saint Jo’s big plays never really got going either.
While it is disappointing for the Bears to not compete better against the bigger school, it is at least the last such opponent for the team this season.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost their home opener on Friday night against a tough Paradise team.
The Panthers won 56-0 in a game where the Indians fell behind early and never recovered.
Paradise scored 35 points in the first half throwing and running ball while Nocona’s offense is still trying to find some success.
The Indians were led by quarterback Brady McCasland who led the team with 52 yards passing and 38 yards rushing.
Forestburg
The young Forestburg Longhorns opened up their season on Friday with a tough loss against Wichita Christian.
The Stars won 52-0 at halftime at Forestburg, ending the game early due to mercy rule.
The result was not unexpected as the mostly senior led Wichita Christian showed how much experience pays off against the mostly underclassmen and undermanned led Longhorns.
Julius Blaylock led the team with 34 yards rushing. Braxton Osteen completed one pass to Kyler Willett for 11 yards.
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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