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Volleyball Roundup
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians started their season on Tuesday with two games at home.
The Lady Indians beat S&S Consolidated in straight sets 3-0, but lost to former district opponent Henrietta 3-1 afterwards.
Nocona came into the games and season with a lot of big expectations after falling to eventual state runners-up Lindsay in the playoffs and losing few players to graduation.
Against the Lady Rams, the Lady Indians had little trouble throughout the match. Nocona took control midway through the first set and won 25-16. S&S then got nothing going in the second set as the Lady Indians ran away with it 25-8.
The third set was only a bit more competitive, but the Lady Rams came back at the end to make the final score look closer than the set actually was as Nocona won 25-20.
The match against the Lady Cats followed after a bit of a break for the Lady Indians. Henrietta was also coming off a season after going three rounds deep in the playoffs, hoping to get back to challenging for the district title in their competitive district.
Nocona came out on fire, winning the first set 25-12 and looking like it might run away with the match. The second set was the closest of the match and went into extra-points, but unfortunately the Lady Cats won 26-24 to tie the score up at 1-1.
The Lady Indians could not recover after losing the second set. Henrietta won the third set 25-20 and the fourth set 25-14 to win the match 3-1.
Gold-Burg
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears opened their season against 2A Petrolia at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Bears almost came back from two sets down, but fell short as the Lady Pirates won in five sets 3-2.
Gold-Burg has a lot of new faces this year and playing a bigger school, it was going to be tough for the Lady Bears.
Petrolia came through early in the match, winning the first two sets 25-21 and 25-19.
Then Gold-Burg turned it up a level with its back against the wall. The Lady Bears won the third set 25-22 and the fourth set 25-17 to force a fifth and final set.
Even with all of the momentum, the shorter final set magnifies any run a team can make.
Petrolia won 15-10 to get the win.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs lost their opening game of the season at private school Christ Academy in Wichita Falls.
The Lady Warriors won in straight sets against the Lady Bulldogs.
Playing a school with several new transfers that is supposed to make them a lot better than they were last year made the game not as competitive when it was first scheduled. Prairie Valley lost with set scores being 25-13, 25-8 and 25-19.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles started off their season earlier this week with two tough losses against formidable opponents on the road.
The Lady Eagles lost in straight sets against Harrold and Chico on Monday and Tuesday.
The first game against the Lady Hornets was always going to be tough. Harrold turned its program around last year and went three rounds deep in the playoffs. They won quickly against Bellevue with scores 25-10, 25-5, 25-5 and not much Coach Mollee Kirk could be positive about.
The second game against 2A Chico on Tuesday was a bit of improvement from the first match. Even though the Lady Dragons won with similarly one-sided scores 25-10, 25-8, 25-0, Kirk thought her team played a lot better from the previous day.
Missing scores
Bowie and Saint Jo game information from Tuesday was not turned in. Forestburg did not play earlier this week.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Jim Bowie Days Celebration starts this weekend and lasts all next week, with several events taking place at Bowie’s Rodeo Arena.
The week kicks off on June 21 at Amon Carter Lake with the bass fishing tournament starting at 6 a.m. As of Tuesday, the lake is still closed due to water levels being too high from the abundance of rain, but look for updated information on if the tournament will take place at the Bowie News social media pages.
Also on June 21, Bowie’s Top of Lake is hosting a two-man golf scramble starting at 8 a.m. The cost to sign-up is $150 per team. You can call 940-531-1489 for more information.
Rodeo events start on June 22 with the Open 4D Barrel Racing event. Pre entries have been open since June 1 and will stay open until it is done.
This year the event will have two sections. Section one starts 2 p.m. Section two will start later at 7:30 p.m. Both section winners will have prizes of $3,500 awarded to the top riders.
For more information call either Blake Myers (254-977-2395) or Kellin Ann (254-223-1224).
The youth rodeo is set to start at 7 p.m. on June 24 and June 25.
The first night the activities are poles, barrels and goats.
The age brackets will be broken up into six and under, 7-10, 11-14 and 15-19.
No leadline category is available and the cost for entry is $35.
The second night activities will be breakaway roping, tie-down roping, ribbon roping and team roping. The age categories will be 13 and under and 14-19. Entry fee is $45.
All around buckles for one boy and one girl will be given for the person who earns most points on both nights.
Mutton bustin’ will be both nights before activities start, limited to 15 contestants per night for kids aged 4-6.
The books will open on June 23 from 6-9 p.m. Call Tennile Green at 940-577-9740 to sign-up.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly 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.
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