SPORTS
STORM CENTER: Stair climbing surely a sport
Last weekend, Bowie and Nocona firefighters participated in the Dallas Memorial Stair Climb at Renaissance Tower in Dallas.
Renaissance Tower is an 886-foot skyscraper on Elm Street in downtown Dallas. According to wikipedia.org, the structure is the fifth tallest in Texas and 24th largest overall in the United States.
Neiman Marcus Group is a current tenant. Blockbuster, the video chain, was headquartered here from 1996 until its bankruptcy in 2011. Outside shots of the building served as the home of Ewing Oil on the television show “Dallas” from the second to the 10th season.
But, last Saturday, Renaissance Tower turned into a sporting venue.
I’m going to come right out and say it, stair climbing is a sport and such be viewed as such.
The Dallas Memorial Stair Climb is even sanctioned by the Association of Memorial Stair Climbs, a 501(c)3 based in Overland Park, Ks.
“It’s definitely grueling,” said Bowie firefighter Levi Davis, one of the men who participated in the climb. “I train for it in the gym. I use a stair climber.” 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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