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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians stayed undefeated in district play while dominating at Jacksboro on Friday night.
The Lady Indians won with little trouble 55-28 against the Lady Tigers.
Nocona came into the game confident with a 14-point win against Jacksboro the first time around.
The Lady Indians played like it, starting the game by building a 16-5 lead in the first quarter. It was thanks to Nocona’s defense that it never got much better for the Lady Tigers.
The Lady Indians limited Jacksboro to seven points or less in each of the next two quarters while never slowing down on offense as their lead grew and grew.
Only in the final quarter did Jacksboro’s offense break out, scoring 11 of its 28 points during this period with the game out of reach.
Nocona easily won 55-28.
Skyler Smith led the team with 21 points while making three 3-pointers. Karlee Brown was second scoring nine points.
Prairie Valley vs Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles won a tough game at Prairie Valley on Friday night.
The Lady Eagles won 45-33 in a game that was close for three quarters until Bellevue pulled away.
With no bench and a couple of players playing through some sickness, the Lady Eagles were not coming into the game at 100 percent.
To try and keep pace with district leaders Slidell and Midway though, Bellevue could not afford losing on an off night.
The game was low scoring throughout, which benefited the Lady Bulldogs since they have at times had trouble scoring.
Their 1-3-1 defense with heavy pressure forced a lot of turnovers and forced smart passes from the Lady Eagles to score against.
Prairie Valley was scoring off of driving floaters in the lane, getting offensive rebounds and other ways.
Bellevue led most of the way, but the Lady Bulldogs were never more than a few baskets behind for three quarters. The end of quarter scores were 11-7, 20-15 and 31-24 all in favor of the Lady Eagles.
The Lady Bulldogs could not get back into the game as the lead went up to double-digits. The Lady Eagles won 45-33.
Cirstin Allen and Austin Ford both led Bellevue with 14 points each. Callie Martin joined them in double-figures with 12 points.
For Prairie Valley, Makaylee Gomes led the team with six points while Carmen Gomez and Karagan Ritchie both scored five points.
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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