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EQUINE EVENTS: Major claims title at AQHA worlds
Holly Major, of rural Bowie, captured the world championship in amateur ranch horse pleasure at the 2014 American Quarter Horse Association World Championships on Nov. 13 in Oklahoma City at Oklahoma State Fair Park.
Major showed her quarter horse “Circa Shine.”
The 2004 sorrel stallion, sired by A Chic in Time and out of Shining Smart, was bred in Iowa by Rick Langland.
In the amateur ranch horse pleasure class, 95 entries competed for world champion honors and a purse totaling $26,587.65.
Major earned a custom-designed gold trophy, Montana Silversmiths buckle, a specially-designed jacket with a world champion patch designation, an embroidered blanket, neck wreath, medallion and 100 pounds of feed.
The AQHA World Show is the pinnacle event for quarter horse owners and exhibitors around the world.
Contestants qualify by earning points in each of the classes representing halter, English and western disciplines.
Overall, there were more than 3,600 entries in more than 100 categories in competition at the show, which runs until Nov. 22.
Holly Major, of Bowie, rides “Circa Shine” during the American Quarter Horse Championships in Oklahoma City this past week. Major earned a world championship. Click on the image for the complete photo. (Courtesy photo by K.C. Cunningham)
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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