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County teams play in Savoy
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers came out on top in its second tournament at Savoy during the weekend.
The Lady Panthers won all three of their games to win the overall tournament.
Saint Jo first played Blue Ridge to start the tournament. The Lady Panthers took care of business against the Lady Tigers, winning in straight sets by comfortable margins 25-16 and 25-18.
The next match came against S&S Consolidated. The Lady Panthers won the first set 25-19 and the second set 25-18 to make it to the championship game
Saint Jo next faced off against Texoma Christian School for the tournament title. The private school Lady Eagles showed they were not to be taken lightly as they beat the Lady Panthers in the first two sets by the barest margin 25-23 and 26-24.
While the rest of the tournament was a best of three format and would have spelled the end, the championship was a best of five.
Saint Jo was able to shake off the toughest of starts. Instead of hanging their heads, the Lady Panthers fought back to tie the match with one sided wins in sets three (25-6) and four (25-14). The fifth set was more competitive, but Saint Jo was able to get control in the end to win 15-12.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley volleyball team competed at the tournament in Savoy last week
The Lady Bulldogs ended up finishing third overall as they went 2-1.
Prairie Valley first played Detroit on Thursday. The Lady Eagles played the Lady Bulldogs close, but Prairie Valley won in straight sets 25-22 and 25-23.
Coming back on Saturday, the Lady Bulldogs next played Texoma Christian School. Prairie Valley won the first set closely 25-22, but the Lady Eagles came back to win the second set by a big margin 25-13. The third set was not much better as the Lady Bulldogs lost 15-8.
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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