Check for next week’s paper where we will post results and more pictures from the Jim Bowie Days youth rodeo.

In early May, Bellevue announced the hiring of the program’s next volleyball coach Jaimie Hickey.
Hickey is coming from her first head coaching stint at Poolville last year, where she coached the girl’s basketball team. That came after a decade served as an assistant coach in all manner of sports at both the junior high and high school level at Bowie and City View.
While she thought of herself more of as a basketball coach, Hickey wanted to work closer to where her family was living, with her husband Corey working at Bowie schools as the transportation supervisor.
Bellevue reached out to her and she was convinced after sitting down with principal Lori Shoemaker and superintendent Wade Wesley.
“I felt like it was a good fit for me and where I am heading in my own career and profession,” Hickey said. “A little change of scenery will be fun.”
The Lady Eagles are entering only their third season of volleyball.
Despite the inexperience, the numbers have been good and Bellevue made a jump in its second season by competing for a playoff spot within the district, finishing fourth overall.
The team loses only one player to graduation as most key players enter their third season playing the sport and graduate to being upperclassmen as well.
Being a part of that journey appealed to Hickey, recalling her time at City View as she helped turn the Lady Mustangs volleyball program into a respectable one that routinely makes the playoffs.
Her one year serving as head coach at Poolville was one where she learned a lot.
“The experience of going from the second seat to the first seat was an experience in itself,” Hickey said. “I am very used to working behind the scenes. That was an adjustment. But all the positions I have held have prepared me.”
She describes herself as a teacher on the court, emphasizing the student part of the student/athlete.
Hickey wants her kids to know the game and understand the why of things, meaning her athletes should be ready to listen since she has been told she is quite chatty when talking techniques and concepts.
“I want them to have enough that they grasp it, so that in the moment whenever they do it, all the work made it worth it,” Hickey said.

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The Jim Bowie Day’s 4D Barrel Racing was moved to Sunday this year and was split up into two sections throughout the day.
It was put on by Bizzy Bee Productions and had more than 160 rides through the barrels, with some competitors competing multiple times on different horses.
There were several divisions broken up by age (high school, youth, senior) and other factors (futurity, derby, aged horse).
In the open 4D division, the 1D overall winner with the fastest time of the night was Wyatt Paul, riding the horse Tres Cups of Sugar and completing with a time of 17.381 seconds. It was only .014 faster than second place.
The 2D overall buckle winner was Davie King. Riding the horse JT, they completed the course in 17.881 seconds. It was only .006 faster than second place.
The 3D overall winner that won the buckle was Ivy Hurst. Riding the horse Chics Sharp Guy, they had a time of 18.389 seconds. It was .012 seconds faster than second place.
The 4D overall winner who earned the buckle was Brooke Bailey. Their time of was 18.883 seconds riding the horse Famous Hottie, which was only .004 faster than second place.

To see the winners and riders who earned prize money in each of the categories, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.

For pictures for some of the racers, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6875800&T=1