SPORTS
AREA VOLLEYBALL: Saint Jo dispatches Prairie Valley in four
By BLAKE WOOD
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
Saint Jo made a short trip to Prairie Valley, but the Lady Panthers didn’t make short work of the Lady Bulldogs in this District 2A-10 contest.
The Lady Panthers added their second district win with a four-set triumph by scores of 25-19, 22-25, 25-9, 25-10 in a match that was quite competitive early on.
Saint Jo improved their record to 8-13 with a 2-1 district mark. Prairie Valley dropped to 3-19 with a 0-3 district mark.
“I thought the girls played all right,” said Saint Jo coach Kristi Tallon. “Though, I felt they didn’t play to their potential.”
“The girls played very well in the first two sets,” said Prairie Valley coach Jeannie Carpenter. “We just seemed to lose momentum in the third and fourth.”
Both teams were tied during two timeouts in the opening set. Saint Jo performed well in the final two sets, including jumping to a 9-0 lead in the third set.
Tallon mentioned a lack of an air conditioning unit in Prairie Valley’s gym as a factor in preparing for the match. Read more in the mid-week edition of The Bowie News.
Prairie Valley’s Brooklynn Messer sends a free ball past Karla Fernandez (8) of Saint Jo during Friday’s District 2A-10 match in Prairie Valley. (News photo by Blake Wood)
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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