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BOWIE ROUNDUP: Thompson to be feted Saturday
Former Bowie High School athlete James “Tommy” Thompson will be honored at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17, at University Park Nursing Home in Wichita Falls.
The physical address is 4511 Coronado Avenue.
He will become an official member of Bowie’s Hall of Honor.
The ceremony was moved up from this coming summer to this weekend.
Thompson was a 1959 graduate of Bowie High School where he was a four-year starter on the 1959 state runner-up boys’ basketball squad. The Jackrabbits were also fourth in 1957.
Thompson played for fellow Bowie Hall of Honor member Bobby Brashear.
As a freshman, Thompson averaged 8.8 points per game. As a sophomore, his scoring average jumped to 16.3 points per contest and then 18.2 points per game as a junior.
Thompson averaged 27.7 points per game as a senior for Bowie, which finished with a 31-5 mark during the 1958-59 campaign. He paced the Jackrabbits to the crown in the Whataburger Tournament during the inaugural event back in the 1950s – named most valuable player. Read more in the weekend Bowie News.
James Thompson was a standout basketball player for Southern Methodist University in Dallas and, before that, he starred at Bowie High School. Thompson was the first-ever tournament most valuable player at the Whataburger Tournament in Fort Worth, guiding the Jackrabbits to the inaugural title in 1958. Click on the image for the complete photo. (Courtesy photo from the Bowie Hall of Honor)
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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