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Bowie football gets first win at Clyde
In what was a longer time coming than many would have liked, Bowie picked up its first win on Friday at Clyde.
The Jackrabbits controlled the game in a steady 21-14 win against the Bulldogs.
Bowie has had several close games this season that could have resulted in wins. Games against Bridgeport (63-62) and Henrietta (29-26) during pre-district were close losses.
Last week’s overtime loss to Iowa Park (25-22) was just the latest game that could have been.
Clyde came into the game after two district losses to Vernon and Jim Ned dampening its 4-1 non-district record and proving this district was a different story.
Who knows how the two and half hour bus drive affected Bowie, but it did not show during the game.
The first half did not feature a lot of scoring. The Jackrabbits were able to finish off a drive in the first quarter as running back Matthew McCarty scored on a five-yard run to put Bowie up 7-0 which would be all the scoring in the game heading into halftime.
The Bulldog defense was dropping eight defenders into coverage to try and limit the Jackrabbit passing attack. Bowie called the bluff and decided to lean on the run for most of the game.
The biggest passing play of the game for the Jackrabbits came in the third quarter as quarterback Brody Armstrong found A.J. Whatley for a 40-yard touchdown pass.
The score put Bowie up 14-0 heading into the fourth quarter.
Clyde’s offense had more success moving the football most of the night through the air and running. Still, while the Jackrabbit defense was bending, it was not breaking as three interceptions in the game helped as well.
The Bulldogs finally got on the board early in the fourth quarter as their quarterback Tucker Jones found Landrum Wells for a six-yard touchdown pass to cut it to 14-7.
While the Jackrabbits failed to score on their next drive, it took up about five minutes of clock before punting the ball back to the Bulldogs on their own 21-yard line.
Bowie’s defense later got its third interception from Braden Rhyne. This set up the Jackrabbit’s final touchdown as Armstrong ran one in from two yards out to put Bowie up 21-7 with time running low.
Clyde responded quickly, moving down field with big plays before scoring on a short run from Fabian Gomez to cut the lead back to one touchdown 21-14 and needing to recover the onside kick.
Fortunately, Bowie recovered the kick and was able to run out the clock and secure the win.
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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