SPORTS

STORM CENTER COLUMN: Seasons change and rearrange

Published

12 years ago

11/14/2014

Our weather this week in Montague County has ushered in a different feel.
A polar plunge dove into the area, sending temperatures to rock-bottom levels and it even tried spitting sleet on my commute from Saint Jo to Nocona on Wednesday evening.
Meteorology is merely foreshadowing new forms of physical activity.
The University Interscholastic League playoff format is mostly fair, rewarding the teams that have the most success.
Here, only Nocona’s volleyball team and Forestburg’s football team filled spots on the postseason dance card. Bowie’s Kamryn Cantwell and Nocona’s Miriam Diaz were our lone representatives at the state cross country meet in Round Rock on Nov. 8.
However, if your athletic program isn’t good enough, the postseason cut – in most districts four teams will qualify for the playoffs – can be considered unkind.
This sports editor has lived in states where even teams that have gone through an entire season winless still make the postseason. Yes, you read that right.
In Connecticut, the general cutoff for postseason qualification is a .440 winning percentage. That’s not good, but it’s a far better format than systems found in places such as Iowa and Maryland.
Here’s hoping our football and volleyball programs will be better in 2015, and we will have more teams in the playoffs. This guy can only hope at this point. Read more from this column in the weekend Bowie News.

Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.

Bowie News sports editor Eric Viccaro. (News photo by Ryan Evans)

SPORTS

Imotichey takes over as Forestburg VB coach

Published

6 days ago

07/16/2026

bowienews

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 2^nd 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.

SPORTS

Lady Rabbit SB beats Bridgeport

Published

6 days ago

07/16/2026

bowienews

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.

SPORTS

Keck heads to National Junior Olympics

Published

6 days ago

07/16/2026

bowienews

Rest. Run. Repeat.

Sage Keck, an 8^th 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 2^nd 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.