SPORTS
Nocona cross country teams sweep up district titles
The Nocona Indians cross country teams dominated their district meet on Wednesday in Seymour.
Both the boy’s and girl’s teams finished in first place by an easy margin as each qualified for the regional meet as well.
The girl’s team had its top five runners finish in the top nine runners at the meet.
Bayler Smith led the team with a second place finish with a time of 13:13.
Jolie Rose, Ayden Patton and Melissa Segura finished behind her 4th-6th while Jayce Rose finished ninth overall.
Coach Kyle Spitzer was proud this group was able to get rewarded for their efforts. After finishing runners-up to state level Holliday several years in a row, the drop down to 2A finally delivered the Lady Indians the district title.
Spitzer hopes that is not where the accomplishments end for this group.
“I believe there are about six teams in the mix fighting for the four spots to go to state, and we are one of those teams,” Spitzer said. “It’s hard to compare times because courses are so different, but our times are very comparable to the times atop the region. This group seems to be very eager and motivated to take that next step, so we will see what happens.”
The boy’s team won just as dominantly as well. Top runner Freddy Duran finished first overall with a time of 18:14. The top five runners for the Indians all finished among the top eight as Claudio Segura finished third, Alex Stephens fourth, Ivan Hernandez fifth and Walker Murphey eighth.
Coach Brody Wilson had nothing but praise for his team as they accomplished the big goal.
“Their hard work has been paying off and I’m happy they went out and represented their school well,” Wilson said. “They should be in the thick of things at regionals. We need to keep practicing hard and getting better each day.”
The regional meet is scheduled for Oct. 24 at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie.
To see results for all Nocona varsity runners, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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