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Bowie baseball has successful Walker Stallcup tournament
The Bowie Jackrabbit baseball team had a successful run at its hosted Walker Stallcup tournament last weekend.
The Jackrabbits went 3-0, with only one close game as they head into district play this week with a good head full of positive momentum.
Bowie first played Grandview on the first day. The Jackrabbits took a 1-0 lead in the third inning before breaking the game open with four runs in the fifth inning and two in the sixth inning. The Zebras did just enough to breakup Bowie’s shut out in the final inning as the Jackrabbits won 7-1.
Hayden Rodriguez hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Boston Farris drove in two runs. Edmon DeLeon pitched four innings and struck out seven batters.
Bowie next played Decatur and it was the closest game of the tournament. The Eagles got the lead 1-0, but the Jackrabbits answered with two runs. Decatur then came back with two runs in the second inning before Bowie tied the score with one run in the third inning.
The Jackrabbits then scored a run in the fifth inning to take the lead 4-3. In the sixth inning the Eagles exploded with four runs and with the game ending one inning early due to tournament scheduling, Bowie had only one more time to bat.
The Jackrabbits responded with four runs of their own, with the walk-off run coming on an anti-climatic walk to DeLeon with the bases loaded.
Still, Bowie won 8-7.
Rodriguez again led the team in RBIs with two. Four different players drove in one run, including Troy Kesey who hit a solo home run in the game.
Bowie finished the tournament with a big blowout of North Dallas. The Jackrabbits took care of the Bulldogs in three innings due to run-rule, winning 16-0. Bowie scored 12 of the runs in the final inning.
Seth Mann hit a three-run home run and Farris drove in three runs to lead the team.
Tucker Jones and DeLeon each added two RBIs as well. Cooper Harris struck out six batters in the 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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