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Lady Indians lose against Rider 66-40
The Nocona Lady Indians faced a tough test on Tuesday at home playing state-ranked 5A Rider.
The bigger Lady Raiders pulled away in the second half on their way to a 66-40 win.
Rider was coming into the game following a first place finish at the Fantasy of Lights Tournament, led by athletic post player Jalynn Bristow who scored a school record 44 points and grabbed 29 rebounds in the title game.
The Lady Indians knew they had to close off the post and make passes to Bristow in the post as hard as possible. A help defender was always near and ready to pounce on either the pass or help contest on the shot.
Early in the game that was enough as the team limited her to nine points while no one else from the Lady Raiders were really looking to score much.
On the other end Nocona players were hesitant to go into the lane against Bristow. Rider was sitting back in a two-three zone and the Lady Indians elected to chuck open 3-pointers in the half court.
Only three went in all game which was more of a problem in the second half.
Nocona had more success scoring by pushing the ball in transition and trying to scramble and get offensive rebounds.
The Lady Raiders led only 22-16 going into halftime.
Early in the third quarter proved to be the end for the Lady Indians. Rider’s Steffanie Mock started taking and making open 3-pointers in bunches. She made four in the quarter and a school record six in the game. This opened things up inside for Bristow, who also started pushing the ball in transition herself for scoring opportunities. She finished with 21 points.
The low scoring game that was favoring Nocona since it was having trouble consistently scoring was now blown wide open.
A double-digit lead that was only growing bigger opened up as Rider scored 29 points in the third quarter. The Lady Raiders led 51-25 heading into the fourth quarter.
Nocona scored its most points in the final period playing to the final whistle. The team stopped being hesitant and attacked the rim both in the half court and in transition, getting to the free throw line 13 times during the quarter after drawing only six attempts in the first three quarters.
It wasn’t enough to make the final score close 66-40, but it was better than it was at certain points.
Stephanie Gutierrez was the only player who finished in double-figures scoring 13 points. Megyn Meekins and Skyler Smith were second scoring eight points each.
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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