SPORTS
Bellevue boys beat Gold-Burg 62-49
The Bellevue Eagles won their senior night on Tuesday against Gold-Burg to keep their playoff hopes alive.
The Eagles won 62-49 in a game they controlled for all but a furious run in the third quarter from the Bears.
Gold-Burg came into the game with a one game lead on Bellevue in the standings. Both teams are gunning for fourth place and the final playoff spot in district, which would break a drought for either program.
The Bears won the first game between the teams back in mid-January 64-55, but knew it would be different with the Eagles being at home and emotional on senior night.
Bellevue seemed to pass around and through Gold-Burg’s 3-2 zone defense when everything was clicking, cutting to the basket for clean layups or crashing the offensive glass to get second and third looks at baskets.
The Bears were able to get by the Eagles man-to-man defense initially, but long arms from help defenders in the post meant tough contests at the basket were hard to convert for Gold-Burg consistently.
Passing it out for 3-point shots were hot and cold all game for the Bears offensively.
At halftime, Bellevue led 32-18.
The Bears turned up the pressure and started to employ a full-court press.
This upped pace and while the Eagles offense still scored in the double-digits, it really favored a Gold-Burg team that caught fire to get back into the game.
Down as much as 17 points midway through the third quarter, the Bears went on a 17-5 run to close the period. Bellevue’s lead was trimmed down to five points, leading 45-40 heading to the fourth quarter.
Gold-Burg ran out of steam as the Eagles reset to get back on track in the final period.
Taking advantage of the open corner 3-pointers Bellevue was able to generate for its best shooter Ryan Jones while limiting turnovers, the Eagles were able to comfortably get a big lead again.
The Bears offensive explosion had died down as Bellevue’s lead grew to double-digits again and time wound down.
The Eagles won 62-49.
To read the full story, 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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