SPORTS
Softball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians picked up a road win at Alvord on Tuesday in a close fought game.
The Lady Indians won 6-4 against the Lady Bulldogs to earn their first district win against a 2A team.
Nocona came into the game following a 9-0 loss against Muenster.
The Lady Indians struck first. Reagan Phipps hit a leadoff single. Avery Crutsinger drew a walk to advance. A groundout moved both into scoring position. Phipps would then score on a steal home to put Nocona up 1-0.
Alvord scored in a similar way on the base paths in the first inning to tie the game up at 1-1.
After two scoreless innings, the Lady Bulldogs took their first lead in the fourth inning with a two RBI single to go up 3-1.
Nocona answered in the fifth inning. Phipps drove in one run with a triple. Crutsinger got on base thanks to a fielding error that allowed Phipps to score.
Later Skye Kirby drove in one run with a single to put the Lady Indians back ahead 4-3.
Nocona added to its lead in the sixth inning. Tinley Cable scored thanks to a fielding error trying to get the ball in from the outfield after a Phipps single. Crutsinger then hit a groundball to first base that resulted in an error that allowed Phipps to score and make it 6-3.
The Lady Bulldogs answered in the same inning, getting one run back with an RBI single to cut the lead to 6-4.
Alvord had a chance for more as it loaded the bases up with no outs. Nocona’s defense got out of the jam with a groundout at home plate, a fly out and a strikeout from Heidi Atteberry.
The seventh inning had much less drama as the Lady Indians closed the game with three straight groundouts.
Nocona won 6-4.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost a tough game against Lindsay at home on Monday.
The Lady Knights won 18-1 after three innings due to run-rule as the big and tough 2A team shoved its weight around.
Lindsay did most of its damage in the second inning, scoring 11 runs. Down 4-0 after the first inning, Saint Jo had its best success with its bats at the beginning of the game.
Payzlie Cervantes led off with a single. She would steal second base and later be moved to third base on a groundout. Taylor Patrick then drove her in with a single to make the score at the time 4-1.
Then the Lady Panthers had a defensive inning from hell and allowed 11 runs and the competitive part of the game was over.
Saint Jo did draw walks in each of the second and third innings, but that was all the offense it could muster in response.
Lindsay added three more runs in the third inning to make the final score 18-1.
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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