SPORTS
Prairie Valley, Saint Jo teams win district titles
Last week the area’s 1A schools competed in the district golf tournament on March 28 at Indian Oaks Golf course.
The Saint Jo boys and Prairie Valley girl’s teams finished first overall and qualified for the regional tournament. Individual regional qualifiers were Tyler Winkler from Prairie Valley along with Cirstin Allen and Rosalie Christianson from Bellevue.
The Panthers just edged out Midway by three strokes to win the title. Kile Thurman led the team with a score of 101, which was one shot behind the individual leader of the tournament.
The team’s score was rounded out by Jace Johnson (101), Caleb Carlton (121) and Julian Luna (127).
The Lady Bulldogs also won by three stroke against a second play Midway team. Emily Carpenter led the team by shooting 122, which was the third best score at the tournament. Her teammates all finished all finished right behind her in the standings. Linzie Priddy shot 126, Sara Horton shot 127 and Jaylie O’Neal shot 130. Veronica Gutierrez shot a 133, but it did not count towards the team’s score.
The Prairie Valley boy’s team finished third overall. Winkler led the team by shooting 109, the third best score of the day that allowed him to qualify for the regional tournament.
The Bulldogs were rounded out by Konner Ritchie (122), Eli Croxton (122) and Isaac Yeargin (127). Dylan Pritchett shot 136, but it did not count towards the team total.
The Bellevue Lady Eagles finished third as a team. Regional qualifiers Allen and Christianson led the team by shooting 131 and 144. Austin Ford (144) and Callie Martin (149) added to the total. Patience Ramsey shot 151, but it did not go towards the team total.
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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