SPORTS
Are you being served?
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
The Haggar Baseball Complex has served the community of Bowie since the early 1980s.
Recently, the Bowie Sports Association-operated facility received a nice face-lift, which includes a new concession stand, bathrooms and second-floor press box.
The upgrade cost about $300,000, with financial backing coming from six entities in Bowie.
“This shows our community is committed to progress,” Janis Crawley, executive director with the Bowie Economic Development Corporation, said.
The BSA, BEDC, Bowie 4B, city, parks and recreation department and private funding all helped pay for the construction.
Bowie 4B is an economic development sales tax usage tool.
“The whole purpose is to enhance the park,” Crawley added.
Both Crawley and Dean Cage, BSA commissioner, noted the upgrade was needed to handle the sheer volume of people who attend tournaments here, such as the one this past weekend.
Plyler Construction of Sherman served as the general contractor. Kim Plyler with Plyler Construction said the company used a local sub-contractor to handle heating, ventilation and air conditioning, but he didn’t specify which company was used.
The finishing touches were done last week, just in time for the big tournament. Read more in the mid-week edition of The Bowie News.
The newly constructed concession stand at Haggar Baseball Complex made its debut during the Bowie Sports Association tournament this past weekend. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
A positive culture can be tough to install but will reap dividends if done correctly.
Trinadee Imotichey is trying to do just that with her Forestburg Lady Longhorns.
Imotichey, an assistant coach on the 2025 Forestburg volleyball team, was moved into the head coaching position. Last year’s coach, Cori Hayes, took over as football head coach.
Imotichey, in her 2nd year in Forestburg, said she learned a lot from Hayes and is ready to take over.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s summer softball league team overcame a 6-1 deficit with a six-run third inning for a 7-6 win over Bridgeport in its season opener July 6.
The league consists of teams from Bowie, Nocona, Lindsay, Bridgeport, and Alvord and will last three weeks. Bowie will host games each week.
Bowie pitcher Hazel Trahern gave up two singles and a groundout to put the Sissies on the board in the first. It would be the only hits she gave up in the game. Two groundouts and a strikeout got the Lady Rabbits out of the jam.
Bowie got the run back in the bottom of the first with Andee Jo Miller opening the frame with a walk and a stolen base. She then scored on Kynlee Baker’s groundout to tie the game at one.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Rest. Run. Repeat.
Sage Keck, an 8th grader at Montague, lives by this mantra. No ifs, ands and buts about it.
She’s been running since fourth grade PE classes where she would run a mile every week. After discovering she could outrun the other students, she began to enjoy it and continued doing it.
Her success continued, as she finished 2nd overall against more than 200 runners at the Old Saint Jo 5K July 4. In last weekend’s Texas Junior Olympics, she reached the pinnacle of her career so far by qualifying for the United States of America Track and Field (USATF) National Junior Olympics in Norwalk, Calif. in three events.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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