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STORM CENTER: Yes, I watch pro wrestling
Okay, you can’t officially see it.
But, I’m holding a white flag of surrender. Why? That’s because I am an ardent fan of professional wrestling.
That’s ever since the 1980s when I watched WWE Superstars of Wrestling in my Connecticut living room on Saturday mornings.
Some of you may have seen me on Monday nights at a local sports bar watching WWE RAW. Thank you to the staff at this restaurant for allowing me to indulge in my guilty pleasure.
If I don’t have an event to cover on a Monday night, I’ll watch RAW at the Rack. I get into it. Please stop by and see the “entertainment.”
I’m now wearing a wry smile, just like in my Storm Center column photo.
This past Monday’s RAW was made more memorable for the fact it was live from the XL Center in Hartford, Conn., where I have seen countless WWE programs.
Yes, I’ve had scores of people come and tell me pro wrestling isn’t real. I’ve known that for years.
It’s sports entertainment. It’s scripted like a fine Hollywood production with slick writing, editing and camera angles.
Pro wrestling is a male soap opera, with gladiators playing heroic and villainous parts. Someone portrays a heel like Stefano DiMera and someone portrays the face like Bo Brady (both are “Days of Our Lives” characters). Read more of this column in the Bowie News.
Bowie News sports editor Eric Viccaro. (News photo by Ryan Evans)
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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