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Lady Rabbits win at Nocona
The Bowie Lady Rabbits won in Nocona on Tuesday night to sweep the season series between the rivals this year.
The Lady Rabbits won in straight sets against the Lady Indians, though the atmosphere surrounding the game and the competitive nature of all three sets made it anything but a walk in the park.
Coming into the game, Bowie had the momentum. Since losing a disappointing game at home against Henrietta, the Lady Rabbits swept through Jacksboro and City View on the road heading into the matchup.
Nocona was trying to get back on track. The Lady Indians came in with back-to-back losses, one an upset at Breckenridge and one against the district’s top team Holliday.
Bowie won the first match between the teams back on Sept. 24, but most sets were close and it went to four sets.
The first set started with the Lady Rabbits taking control early. A 10-5 lead grew to 14-6 and it looked like it was going to be comfortable sailing heading into the final points still up big 21-14.
Nocona won the next five points to cut the lead down to 21-19 and change the feeling of the set. With the home crowd behind them, the Lady Indians could conceivably steal both the momentum and the set at the end if they could keep the hot serving and solid play going.
Instead Bowie collected itself after a timeout. The Lady Rabbits then played like they had for most of the set, closing it out by winning four of the last five points to win 25-20.
The second set was much more competitive early on. The first 20 points saw the teams tied at 10-10 with neither building more than one or two point leads back and forth.
The Lady Rabbits then established a good lead by winning the next five points to go up 15-10. The Lady Indians did not let Bowie run away with the set though.
Nocona came back to tie the set up at 16-16 and the two teams were tied again at 21-21. The Lady Rabbits found the bit they needed to close out the tight set, winning the next four points to win 25-21 and go up 2-0.
The beginning of the third set was not quite as back and forth as the second one. The Lady Indians did not let Bowie’s lead grow too outrageous, but the Lady Rabbits kept their one or two point lead early on 11-9.
Again Nocona made a midgame play to tie the score at 17-17 after trailing most of the set. Unfortunately for the Lady Indians, Bowie made the late game push to close the set.
The Lady Rabbits won six of the next seven points to build their biggest lead of the set 23-18.
Nocona closed the score back to two points 24-22 to make Bowie sweat, but the Lady Rabbits were able to secure the final point to win the set 25-22 and the match 3-0.
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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