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Montague County athletes compete at regional tennis tournament

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6 years ago

04/27/2019

The regional tennis tournaments across the state took place on April 18-19 for athletes in Montague County.
Players from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo had qualified for the regional tournament by finishing in the top two at the district meet. To make it to the state meet, they would need to finish in the top two again.
While none of the athletes ended up qualifying for the state meet, the boy’s doubles team from Saint Jo got close. Logan Morman and Connor Thompson ended up finishing third at the 1A Region III meet at Whitney High School.
With both boys being juniors and accomplished in their own rights in several other sports, Coach Charlie Pittman has high hopes for what they can accomplish next year.
Saint Jo also had senior Jayla Thomas competing in girls singles. She wound up finishing fourth overall in her final high school tennis tournament.
For both Bowie and Nocona, their players had a bit more trouble at the 3A Region I meet at Abilene.
Bowie’s mixed doubles team of Victor Tran and Camberley Gunter made it to the second round as well as the girl’s singles play Jacqueline Hanna.
Tran and Gunter were able to win a third set thriller against a team from Coleman in the first round. Unfortunately, they were then matched up against the No. 1 seed from Canadian and lost.
Hanna also had to win a tight third set in the first round against a girl from Jim Ned. Her ride came to an end in the second round as she lost to a girl from Crane.
Bowie’s boy’s doubles team of Spencer Hopson and Zachary Logan ride came to an end earlier.
Playing a team from Coahoma, the match went into the third set. Hopson and Logan could not pull it through as they lost the third set.
With all three boys being seniors, Coach David Hall is going to miss them next year, but is appreciative of how much all three have brought to the program.
Rachel Patrick competed in girl’s singles for Nocona. Competing against a girl from Canadian, Patrick lost in three sets.
After losing the first set 6-1, Patrick rallied in the second set, winning the contested set 6-4. Unfortunately, the third set was not pretty as Patrick would end up losing 6-1.With Patrick being a senior, Coach Tiffany Clay is going to miss what she has brought to the Nocona tennis program for four years.

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Two teams compete at state tourney

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2 days ago

06/05/2025

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Colt Henry, Lane Smith, Cooper Johnson and Corbyn Patton competed at the state high school bass tournament at Lake Conroe. (Courtesy photo)

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.

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15 athletes playing in Oil Bowl

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2 days ago

06/05/2025

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The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.

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Hill upgraded to Nocona AD

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2 days ago

06/05/2025

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New Nocona Athletic Director Jeff Hill along with his wife Amy and their kids Kason, Camden and Kinsley. (Courtesy photo)

Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”

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