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FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Nocona kicks off season at Alvord
By BLAKE WOOD
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
All five football-playing county schools concluded their scrimmages last week in preparation for the 2014 Texas high school football season, which begins this Friday.
Nocona
Nocona opens the season on the road against a longtime former district opponent – Alvord.
Alvord will be a familiar team for Nocona, but the team will look different on the sidelines, as defensive coordinator Pete Hart replaces Curtis Enis at the head coach position.
Nocona head coach Brad Keck was quick to mention Alvord’s top player, running back Joe Randall, who rushed for 1,251 yards, and also had 324 passing yards, with 20 total touchdowns.
“He’s one of the best running backs out there in north Texas,” Keck said. “We’ll have to stop him.”
Defensively, the coach said the team will have to account for middle linebacker Troy Morales as well as Randall, who plays free safety. Keck said the Bulldogs run out of a 4-3 defense, and are very aggressive. Read the rest of the story in the mid-week edition of The Bowie News.
Cristian Ibarra accepts the snap during an Aug. 21 scrimmage versus Olney at Jack Crain Stadium. (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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