SPORTS
VOLLEYBALL: Area teams are ready for 2014
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
The State of Texas has one of the earliest, if not the earliest start time for its scholastic volleyball season.
Teams began the season Aug. 12 in the evening.
Look in the weekend Bowie News for complete results.
Bowie took on Archer City, ranked eighth in Conference 2A in the inaugural Texas Girls Coaches Association poll of the season.
Forestburg played home against first-year program Alvord. Saint Jo played host to the Red River Rattlers, a team of homeschooled players. Prairie Valley was also home, for Savoy.
Two of our teams took to the road as Nocona challenged Conference 4A Iowa Park and Gold-Burg played at Electra in a rare Tuesday afternoon match.
“It’s exciting,” said Saint Jo head coach Kristi Tallon. “The season has come by fast. We’re excited to get into a game. We’ve been practicing, and we want to put all of our skills to use (against someone else).”
Saint Jo will vie for a playoff spot with fellow Conference 2A, Region 2, District 10 teams Forestburg, Prairie Valley and Gold-Burg.
Tallon said she likes the Panthers’ versatility, with her daughter Hunter Tallon at both setter and outside hitter along with outside hitter/setter Karla Hernandez and defensive specialist Mixie Carrasco.
Jeannie Carpenter expects Prairie Valley to be better this season, in the second season of her second stint with the Bulldogs. For more, read the mid-week edition of The Bowie News.
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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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