SPORTS
STORM CENTER: No home court in Texas hoops
Well, the 2015 high school basketball playoffs are underway, and the sports editor is certainly logging plenty of miles.
The University Interscholastic League doesn’t believe in giving home-court advantages for playoff games.
The sports editor can buy that thinking, but not totally.
I think to cut down on travel, any team that wins its district should be given a home game during the bi-district round.
That’s what all these teams around here fight for during the regular season.
Look, the Bowie girls and Bellevue boys went through their district slates without a loss. The Bowie boys fought back from down in a 1-2 hole to garner 11 straight games – capped by Tuesday’s 40-22 conquest of Henrietta.
Shouldn’t these teams be rewarded with a home playoff game? Just one? I think so.
In other states, teams with better records and higher standing in their district get at least one postseason game at home.
That’s one difference Bellevue girls’ basketball coach Bryan Goehring noted as a difference between North Carolina and Texas.
In North Carolina, teams with better records can get up to three home games through the postseason. That’s a little bit much, but now you see how another state does it.
Texans sure love to travel.
Monday, the sports editor drove 126 miles round trip from The Bowie News office to Sanger as the Lady Rabbits took on Whitesboro in a Bi-District game.
Thursday, the Lady Rabbits road continued with a game at Texas Woman’s University in Denton. This was a 114-mile round trip. Read more 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 High School student Josh Monkres covers his mouth while cheering on the Lady Rabbits during Thursday’s Conference 3A Area game. In the state of Texas, all playoff basketball games take place on what’s considered a neutral court. (News 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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