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Nocona boys lose to Holliday
The Nocona Indians could not pull off another upset win in district play as they hosted Holliday on Friday.
The Indians lost a low-scoring game 44-38 against the Eagles in a game that was close throughout.
Nocona came into the game after the biggest of pick-me-up game wins against rival Bowie, especially after starting district play with a close loss to Henrietta and a blowout loss to City View.
Holliday came into the game following its first district loss to City View after winning its first three district games.
The game started with the Eagles taking an early lead, but a couple of 3-pointers and a regular field goal put Nocona up 8-6. Holliday would then finish the quarter on a 7-0 run to take back the lead and be in control 13-8 heading into the second quarter.
It was a slog for both teams until halftime.
Holliday kept trying to get shots around the basket, but the Indians Sam Davis proved to be a big deterrent as he blocked or altered several shots without fouling too much. The Eagles scored only five points.
Unfortunately, Nocona did not do any better. Only two made baskets from Lyndon Fenoglio were the only points the Indians could get before halftime, making the score 18-12.
The third quarter was only slightly better when it came to scoring for either team. Nocona slowly but surely took half of the quarter to take its first lead since the first quarter 19-18.
Unfortunately, Holliday came back to go on its own 7-0 run to close the quarter ahead 26-19.
For whatever reason, the lid that had been on the basket for three quarters seemed to open in the fourth quarter.
After getting to the free throw line only twice in the first three quarters, the Indians attempted eight in fourth quarter. Fenoglio made several tough shots down the stretch to try and keep Nocona within range of coming back, scoring nine of his team high 17 points.
Unfortunately, Holliday was also able to score as Cade Borchardt scored nine of his 12 points in the quarter. At one point the Eagles had a double-digit lead 39-29 with a little more than two minutes left to play.
With 22 seconds left the Nocona had cut the lead in half 43-38 and had a shot to cut the game to one basket. The team missed and Holliday made a free throw at the end to make the final score 44-38.
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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