SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits lost a tough match on senior night on Friday against Iowa Park.
The Lady Hawks won in straight sets though the Lady Rabbits made them work for it.
Bowie came into the match following a win against Vernon and was hoping to close out the first round of district play.
Both teams came into the match with a 3-2 record, both losing to Henrietta and Holliday. The winner would take sole possession of third place.
The first set was close, but the Lady Rabbits were playing catch up and could not take control of the set late as they lost 25-20.
The second set was the most competitive one of the match. It went to extra sets, but unfortunately the Lady Hawks pulled it out to win 28-26 to go up 2-0.
Bowie would need to win the every set for the rest of the match to pull the come back, but could not come together in the third set.
Iowa Park pulled ahead and the Lady Rabbits never came back around to threaten the Lady Hawks near the end. Iowa Park won the set 25-18 and the match 3-0.
Forestburg vs Gold-Burg
The Forestburg Lady Horns had a happy homecoming win against Gold-Burg on Friday night.
The Lady Horns won in straight sets against the Lady Bears.
Forestburg won the first two sets with little trouble with the set scores being 25-7 and 25-10. Gold-Burg almost came back to steal set three, but the Lady Horns held on to win 26-24.
Forestburg Coach Kayla Firth liked the way her team played overall on Friday.
For Gold-Burg Coach Cheryl Cromleigh, she did not like what she saw from her team and did not think they played well.
Saint Jo vs Bellevue
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won at Bellevue on Friday to stay undefeated in district play.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets against the Lady Eagles. The set scores were 25-7, 25-8 and 25-14.
Saint Jo came into the match after two dominating district wins. Facing a young Bellevue team that did not have much history with volleyball before this season, the Lady Panthers knew a win was probably certain.
Therefore, Coach Kelly Skidmore mainly wanted to see how her team played in aspects under its control, like avoiding service or hitting errors and solid communication. In that aspect, Skidmore had little to complain about.
For Bellevue, scoring double-digits in set three is the highlight against a team likely to go on a playoff run.
Missing scores
Prairie Valley’s non-district game against Collinsville was canceled. Nocona had a bye-game.
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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