SPORTS
Girls Roundup
Saint Jo vs Prairie Valley
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers wrapped up the first round of district with a win against Prairie Valley at home to stay undefeated.
The Lady Panthers overwhelmed the Lady Bulldogs with their press 65-17.
Saint Jo was coming off a big win against Forestburg that put the team in first place in the district standings. The young Prairie Valley team was hoping for its first district win.
While the Lady Bulldogs started the game competing well, down only 15-10 after the first quarter, eventually the fatigue started to get to them scoring became much harder in the final three quarters.
Saint Jo never slowed down, scoring 17 and 22 points in the second and third quarters, before eventually settling down the pace and scoring 10 points.
The Lady Panthers won 65-17.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians won their third straight district game against Seymour in their home opener on Friday night.
The Lady Indians won with ease 71-40 against the Lady Panthers as they seek to extend their district title streak.
Nocona came into the game confident after winning the first two district games on the road by nearly 60 points each.
Seymour did a bit better than most teams. Coach Kyle Spitzer has had little to nitpick so far, but had several things to harp his team about after the game despite winning by more than 30 points.
Nocona’s defense held the Lady Panthers under 10 points in the first three quarters before giving up 15 in the fourth period. The Lady Indians also had three great quarters of offense, scoring 19, 20 and 21 points. Only the second quarter saw the team barely outscore Seymour 11-9.
Still, Nocona won easily 71-40.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns won a bounce-back non-district game at home on Friday night against Savoy.
The Lady Horns won easily against the Lady Cardinals 56-40, with the majority of their points scored during two quarters.
Forestburg was hoping to shake off a disappointing close loss to Saint Jo earlier in the week that put the Lady Horns district record at 4-1.
Savoy proved to be the best punching bag as Forestburg jumped out to a 23-11 lead in the first quarter.
However, the Lady Horns offense went ice cold in the second quarter and the Lady Cardinals made up some ground, trailing 27-22 at halftime.
Forestburg then had a huge offensive third quarter as the pace ramped up for both sides. The Lady Horns nearly equaled the first half total during the one period alone, scoring 26 points. Savoy scored 18, but Forestburg’s lead was sitting in double-digits up 53-40.
The pace slowed way down in the fourth quarter as the Lady Horns held the ball and didn’t allow the Lady Cardinals much of a chance to score. Savoy scored zero points while Forestburg scored only three as the team won 56-40.
Missing scores
The Gold-Burg girl’s season was canceled due to too few players which meant Bellevue’s scheduled game on Friday did not happen.
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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