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Nocona
The Nocona Indians had a happy homecoming game with a dominant win against Chico on Friday.
The Indians won 49-13, dominating the game from the first quarter on against the Dragons.
Nocona came into the game undefeated, but was a bit rusty after only playing one drive the previous week against Electra. The home opener was later canceled due to lightning.
The Indians scored three touchdowns in the first quarter, getting the party started with Caden Gaston taking the first of his two interceptions back for a touchdown.
The first offensive drive saw Nocona draw up a flea flicker that allowed Brady McCasland to find Charlie Fuller for a 41-yard touchdown pass. The second drive McCasland would find Carson Peters open for a 30-yard touchdown pass as well.
Nocona was up 21-0 after the first quarter.
The next drive saw Johnny Stone run 38-yards up the middle for a touchdown run to make it 28-7 at halftime.
The Indians big-play offense continued in the second half as Stone scored again from 38 yards away. McCasland then kept the ball and scored on a short run on the next drive.
The final touchdown in the fourth quarter was from Brody Langford as he got loose for a 44-yard touchdown run.
Nocona easily won 49-13.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Bears did not see the second half for the fourth straight game as they dominated Fannindel.
The Bears won 54-0 at home against the Falcons, with it also being senior night for Gold-Burg.
The Bears were hoping Fannindel would give them their biggest challenge of the season since they had won the first three games of the season by halftime.
Turns out it was another one-sided game where Gold-Burg started rotating in second team players early in the second quarter and trying to work on stuff it was not good at.
The defense scored three times as Isaac Renteria returned one of his two interceptions for a touchdown while also recovering a fumble. Eli Freeland recovered the other fumble and returned it for a touchdown while Jayon Grace took another interception back for a score. Ethan Rotruck also recovered a fumble as the defense forced six turnovers.
Levi Hellinger completed three passed with two going for touchdowns. Aidan Foster caught two touchdowns while also running for one on the ground. Jayton Epperson completed one pass for 35 yards and one touchdown. Paul Jones caught two passes for 10 yards and scored one touchdown.
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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