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Gold-Burg’s Helms retires
The end of the school year at Gold-Burg also means the school says goodbye to boy’s athletic director Joe Helms.
Helms is retiring after 27 years of coaching, the last two leading the Bear football program to heights they had never reached before.
Helms had began his teaching and coaching career in Dell City where he started as an assistant coach, but was quickly promoted to head coach when the coach there left. He learned many lessons traveling across Far West Texas over the next couple years.
Coach Helms then moved to New Home where he led the Leopards to the only 10-win season in school history.
Soon he took his talents to Grady where he was successful in football at a school that was most well-known for their basketball program.
At Grady, he led the Wildcats to the only 10-win season in school history along with the only playoff win past the first round.
Bryson was his next stop where he again stamped his name on a record book winning the first six-man playoff game in the school’s history, while becoming the only coach to win an area playoff game while there.
After several years at Bryson, West Texas called Coach Helms’ name again, as he and his family moved to Grandfalls-Royalty.
During the course of his time there, Helms won multiple district championships and brought the school’s first state championship in 2013 while also serving as superintendent of schools.
With his kids off to college and the start of his several years battling colon cancer, Helms was set to retire in 2020 when he got the itch to only coach he inquired about the Gold-Burg job thanks to his previous relationship with newly appointed principal Chad Tallon.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona’s volleyball team headed to Bowie for a three-team scrimmage with the host team and Ponder Aug. 7.
Each team played the other two for 30 minutes in the Lady Rabbit gym. Lady Indian Coach Sandy Langford said she thought things went well for a first scrimmage.
“Just like any young team that is trying to find itself in a first scrimmage, We looked really good at times and at others not so much,” Langford said. “We’re forming a new team after losing a lot of seniors.”
Langford said the squad would have one thing go wrong and it would explode into several things. That will need to stop for a successful year in Langford’s mind.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s tennis team is now 3-3 for the non-district campaign with a 1-2 week.
In the Rabbits’ home opener Aug. 5 against Graham, Bowie posted a 13-6 match win with the girls completing a 9-0 sweep.
Jessi Mayfield and Angeles Alvarez won 9-8 (7-4) while Payton Goodwin and Maddie Schwarz were 8-1 winners as were Avery DeWeber and Avery Bonham.
In girl’s singles Willow Seibert won 8-2 in No.1 1 singles. Goodwin and Mayfield were each 8-5 winners. Alvarez posted an 8-1 win. Schwarz won 9-8 (8-5) with Deweber taking an 8-2 decision.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Two major portions of Nocona’s 2023 bond issue are very close to being completed.
The new high school gym should be complete in time for the volleyball team to begin practice there Aug. 1, according to Superintendent Dr. David Waters. Ground on the 22,000 square foot facility was broken on Oct. 18, 2024.
Waters said a punch list meeting with the construction manager was scheduled for earlier this week with final touchups expected shortly afterwards. Fans should be able to enjoy the facility for the volleyball team’s season opener Aug. 11.
Fans will enjoy the new gym from entering the facility which has glass walls, enabling fans to watch the game from the foyer. Once inside the gym itself, there is stadium, chair back seating on the home side allowing for a much more comfortable experience.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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