SPORTS
AREA BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Slidell boys top Forestburg
In what was billed to be a showdown between District 1A-21 elite, Slidell was too powerful for Forestburg as the Greyhounds topped the Longhorns 81-56 on Tuesday evening.
Bryan McDowell, Skyler Sandusky and J.D. Moore all scored in double figures, with McDowell netting 16 points.
Coach Steve Sandusky said Forestburg wasn’t quite prepared for Slidell’s quickness. The Longhorns made only 35 percent of their field goals and finished 2-of-9 from the free-throw line.
Meanwhile, Slidell made good on 28-of-40 foul shots, and that’s what proved to be the difference maker in the Greyhound conquest.
Tuesday’s Result
At Slidell
Slidell 81
Forestburg 56
Score by Quarters
Forestburg 15 17 12 12 – 56
Slidell 24 16 16 25 – 81
Individual Scorers: Skyler Sandusky, 12; J.D. Moore, 11; Nate Shepherd, 7; Matt Wallace, 4; Bryan McDowell, 16; Bear Osteen, 5; Daniel Sharon, 1
Additional Statistics: Daniel Sharon grabbed a team-best eight rebounds while Shepherd and Sandusky had six caroms apiece. Sandusky also distributed three assists. Bear Osteen recorded a couple of steals.
Record: Forestburg, 8-8, 1-1.
Editor’s Note: See more box scores in the mid-week Bowie News in print and/or with your electronic subscription.
Forestburg’s Nate Shepherd posts up inside with the basketball during a Dec. 22 game against Midway at Forestburg. (News file photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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