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Farmer named Bowie’s new athletic director/football coach
Bowie Independent School District officially announced on Thursday the Jackrabbit’s new athletic director/football coach.
Hugh Farmer comes to Bowie after eight years at Seymour which included a 55-38 record, three district titles and seven playoff appearances. Before that he spent time heading Olney for one season.
Farmer made his name leading good offenses, being offensive coordinator at Frederick High School in Oklahoma for five years to great acclaim before getting his first head coaching job.
He beat out 60 applicants for the job according to Superintendent Blake Enlow.
“During a thorough and intense interview process, Coach Farmer stood out as someone who not only has had success on the field as a coach, but focuses on setting high expectations for all athletes, places a high value on academics, and desires to create an athletic program kids want to be a part of,” Enlow said.
After eight years at Seymour, Farmer felt like all of the things started adding up to move on and Bowie seemed like the perfect spot.
“We love the location,” Farmer said. “We went in and fell in love with the administration and all the people we got to talk to and it just felt really right. We are super excited to make that change and get going.”
Farmer takes over a Bowie football program that last made the playoffs in 2017 and is graduating 13 seniors.
He also takes over as the program moves from one tough district to another, moving from state-runner-up Brock to fellow state power Jim Ned. The district also features several programs with playoff appearances.
Farmer is not worried about those particulars, concentrating on the work to maximize the athletes he will have at Bowie.
“As a veteran coach you just work hard every day and try to make the kids better,” Farmer said. “I am super excited. I think we can do some great things. I think there are some kids who can do well in our system. It is going to be really exciting to see how they do and how they progress.”
Without giving specifics, Farmer has the experience and confidence that his offensive and defensive systems are versatile enough to suit the athletes he will have, with that showing in his success running smaller 2A programs with fewer athletes to work with usually.
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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