SPORTS
Bowie baseball beats Breckenridge
The Bowie Jackrabbits picked up a big district win at Breckenridge before losing a non-district game against an Oklahoma team, Marlow, the next day.
The Jackrabbits won 8-2 against the Buckaroos on Friday to secure at least a third place finish in the district standings. The next day Bowie lost on the road to the Outlaws 7-2.
Bowie came into Friday’s game needing to win against Breckenridge. The Bucks were one game back after losing to the Jackrabbits the first time around in a close 5-3 game.
As always, the two hour commute could always cause some sort of issues for visiting teams as well as vice-versa. Bowie’s recent close losses to Jacksboro and Holliday also meant close games had not recently gone the Jackrabbits’ way.
Thankfully, Friday’s game did not prove to be that close.
Bowie opened the game by scoring four runs in the first inning. Kynan DeMoss hit a fly ball to left field that induced an error that allowed two runs to score. Cade Thompson would then drive in a run on a single and Colton Richey would score on the base paths thanks to an error from the catcher.
Bowie led 4-0 and Breckenridge never recovered.
The Bucks did score in the second inning on a sacrifice fly ball. The Jackrabbits got the run back in the third inning with Richey driving in a run on a sacrifice fly. Breckenridge drove in a run later in the inning on a fielder’s choice groundball to cut the lead to 5-2 after three innings.
Bowie extended its lead in the fourth inning. Kawlyer Swearingin’s fly ball to left field induced an error that allowed one run to score. He was then driven in by Carson Sanders on a groundout to make the score 7-2.
The Jackrabbits added one more run in the seventh inning as Zach Gilmore scored on a wild pitch to make the final score 8-2.
Bowie took advantage of the seven fielding errors from the Bucks that led to only of its runs being earned. Thompson, Sanders and Richey each drove in one run each to lead the team.
Swearingin got the start on the mound and pitched 2.1 innings while giving up two runs (one earned) on one hit, four walks and striking out three. Thompson came in and pitched 4.1 innings and gave up no runs on two hits and one walk while striking out three.
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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