SPORTS
STORM CENTER: Suicide an issue we must tackle
This past Monday, the world was saddened by a man who gave us so much laughter – comedian Robin Williams.
This marks the second time since I’ve been sports editor of The Bowie News, I have written a column in which suicide was a prevalent topic – earlier this summer I wrote a piece on pro wrestling and the Von Erich family of Corinth in which three brothers took their own lives.
After Williams’ death, I was so compelled to post on our Facebook page about ways of coping with depression.
The Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas is available with trained staff. Volunteers are there to listen to you as a friend on the other end on its help line.
The number is 1-214-828-1000.
If you are feeling depressed or just want someone to talk to, you could also call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
Services are free and absolutely confidential. Please remember, people are there for you, 24 hours a day, seven days per week.
The Facebook post received 42 likes, including one from a friend of mine in Arkansas, as well as 24 shares. More than 2,000 people were reached by the post.
My cousin Nick Feitz committed suicide during the 1980s; I was so distraught that I was uncomfortable about going to the funeral in Georgetown, Mass. This tragedy sticks with me to this day. Read more of this column in the weekend edition of 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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