SPORTS
ARCHERY: Sears takes more honors
Montague Independent School District eighth-grader Connor Sears continues to pile up the accolades in the sport of archery.
Two weekends ago at the Texas Field Archery Association state meet in the Waco Convention Center, Sears garnered TFAA Shooter of the Year accolades.
Sears won the youth division and broke two state records, one for the highest score at the tournament and another for the highest cumulative score.
Sears recorded a perfect 1,500 cumulative score, which guarantees him an Olympic application.
At the meet in Waco, he recorded a score of 600 with 105 X’s – dropping only 15 X’s out of the 120 shots he fired. The previous record was 599.
Last weekend, Sears competed in a USA Archery event at College Station, and he won the Junior Olympic Archery Development Program’s Cub Division and the standard indoor nationals.
This weekend, Sears is expected to compete at the National Field Archery Association indoor meet slated for Cinnamon Creek Ranch in Roanoke, before heading into outdoor season.
Interested in archery?
The Northwest Texas Field & Stream Association is gauging interest in shooting with the NWTFS Archery Club this spring.
Both novice and experienced shooters are welcome. Different disciplines and styles will be considered.
The club will be open to compound, recurve and longbow shooters.
Tournaments can be scheduled if there is enough local interest.
People with archery instruction or tournament directing skills will be welcome.
Practices will start when warmer weather arrives.
The archery club provides a relaxed, recreational way to enjoy the sport.
For information, call Marshall Thomas at 580-919-0932 or email: mwthomas2002@gmail.com.
Montague School eighth-grader Connor Sears. (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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