SPORTS
Bowie shoots past Henrietta
The Bowie Jackrabbits won their home opening district game against Henrietta on Tuesday night.
The Jackrabbits won 54-38 in a game that was much closer than the final score would make it appear.
Both teams came into the game with wins in the first district games. Bowie had walloped Jacksboro 71-26 while the Bearcats won a close game at Nocona 50-46.
Henrietta came out in a 2-3 zone and despite not having a big post in the middle, the team had multiple long athletes who made drives to the rim tough nonetheless. On offense, the Bearcats tried a lot of backdoor cuts, pick and rolls and off ball screens all with the purpose of getting downhill to the rim.
It was a slow start in the first quarter. Bowie was getting some good looks from the perimeter and around the basket that were just not going in.
The team was down only 5-1 about midway through the quarter when Drew Webber and Kynan DeMoss checked into the game off the bench. Both hit two 3-pointers each by the end of the quarter to give the Jackrabbits their first lead at 10-8. Eventually Bowie held a one basket lead 13-10 at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter saw Bowie diversify its scoring more. DeMoss did hit two more 3-pointers to lead all scorers with 12 points in the first half. The team also started to penetrate and look to score at the rim instead of just passing it back out for an open shot.
The team found post Riley Blackburn inside for a couple of baskets and Brody Armstrong finished on a drive to the basket.
For most of the second quarter, Bowie had both of its tall post players, Blackburn and Weber, at the same time to try and provide rim protection from Henrietta’s constant pressure. While it continued to stifle the Bearcats from scoring in bunches, Henrietta did a good job of getting to the free throw line. The team went 7-10 in the quarter alone which kept the game close.
Bowie led 25-19 heading into halftime.
The third quarter saw Henrietta switch to a 1-3-1 zone, but the Jackrabbits did a better job of finding driving lanes to the basket or opportunities on the offensive glass. The Bearcats finally started making some 3-pointers, scoring all nine of their points by making three of them in the quarter.
It was not enough to close the distance, though the score was still close as the Jackrabbits lead was 36-28 heading into the fourth quarter.
Even with Henrietta switching back to a 2-3 zone, it did not change much. Bowie was able to find Blackburn on dumpoffs for six points and Cade Thompson knocked in two 3-pointers as he scored eight points in the quarter.
Some of this was helped when the Bearcats switched to a press in the last few minutes with the lead now in the double-digits and the Jackrabbits making them pay after breaking it.
Bowie won by the biggest lead of the game 54-38.
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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