SPORTS
Bowie boy’s cross country finishes second at district
The Bowie boy’s cross country team finished second at the district cross country meet at Holliday on a dreary Monday morning.
It was the program’s second straight district runner-up finish and will also make it the fifth year in a row to qualify for the regional meet.
They faced a stacked Holliday team made up of freshman that almost all finished in the top 10 and easily won first place. Henrietta was the other challenger and had two runners finish in the top 10.
Despite the Jackrabbits’ top runner Nathan Rodgers, who finished fourth overall with a time of 17:40, being the only runner to finish in the top 10 it was the strength of how consistently the next four Bowie runners finished which led to a second place finish.
James Fitch ended up just outside the top 10 in 11th place with a time of 18:36. Liam Pearson, Monte Mayfield and Ryder McChesney then finished 14th, 15th and 16th to complete the Jackrabbit’s scoring.
Though their points did not count towards the team’s total, the sixth and seventh runners were also running close together only a few spots back as Alex Castro and Ethan Malone finished 19th and 20th.
In the girl’s race before only Jojo Villarreal represented Bowie. She finished 28th overall with a time of 14:57 in the seniors final cross country race.
The junior varsity runners ran in the same race as the varsity in both and Bowie had half of the eight participants in the boy’s race. Jax Williams, Gavin Catano and Kaz Williams finished first, second and third among JV runners. Austin Jones then finished seventh.
Coach Andy Atkins was pleased overall with what he saw from his runners as they ran like they have been all season.
“Holliday is really good and we knew that coming in so we didn’t worry about that,” Atkins said. “We just wanted to run our race. I knew if we did then beating everyone else was well within reach. We did that and we actually ran really well. This is three years in a row of getting district champs or runners-up so I think we are doing pretty well. We are excited for regionals in a couple of weeks.
The regional meet is scheduled for Oct. 25 at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock. The team will have to finish among the top three or an individual will need to finish among the top 10 to qualify for the state meet.
To see times for all Bowie runners along with more pictures, 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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