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Nocona girls win two games
The Nocona Lady Indians won both of their games on Monday and Tuesday to go into the holiday break.
The Lady Indians won at Graham 57-48 before beating Vernon at home by a lot 70-30.
Nocona’s game against the Lady Blues did not start well. Graham’s offense scored at will and led 19-11 after the first quarter.
Nocona limited the Lady Blues to only four points in the second quarter. This allowed the Lady Indians to come make up the margin and go into halftime with the score tied 23-23.
The third quarter was a blur of offense for both teams both teams combined to score 35 points during this time. Nocona got a big lift from Skyler Smith as she scored 10 of her game high 23 points in the quarter as the Lady Indians led 43-38 heading into the fourth quarter.
After the flurry that was the third quarter, the offensive pace was a crawl to finish the game. Nocona stalled when it could and forced the Lady Blues to send them to the free throw line.
Megyn Meekins, who finished with 16 points, scored six of the team’s eight points in the quarter. It was just enough as Nocona won 51-48.
A close win against a 4A program, especially coming back after not a good first quarter, is a promising sign for this Lady Indians team. Executing in a close game with the lead is a scenario many teams practice, but is hard to get right without tanking its momentum.
The next game at home against Vernon had none of the drama. The Lady Lions stayed in the game through the first quarter though Nocona led 14-11.
After that though, the Lady Indians turned up the screws on defense and the pace on offense. Nocona outscored Vernon 15-1 in the second quarter to build a big lead at halftime.
The Lady Lions failed to score more than nine points in either of the final quarters while the Lady Indians offense went into overdrive.
Nocona scored just short of 40 points in the second half as it ran away with the win.
Smith again led all scorers with 23 points. Stephanie Gutierrez (14) and Taylor Newmon (10) joined her in double-figures.
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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