SPORTS
STORM CENTER: Club volleyball is a necessity
Weekends have certainly been busy for Bowie High School athlete Carcyn Robertson recently.
Robertson is both a member of the Bowie powerlifting squad, and she competes for the Clay County Volleyball Association club.
As for playing for the Clay County Volleyball Association (CCVA), it’s all a matter of keeping up with the Joneses – so to speak.
“Carcyn plays club volleyball so she can advance her skills and bring up her level of play,” Cynthia Robertson, Carcyn’s mother, said.
“Most girls in club ball play year ‘round straight from school to their club teams,” Cynthia continued. “Club ball allows girls who hope to possibly play in college get recognized at tournaments, and hopefully be recruited.”
Carcyn Robertson has been a member of CCVA for three years. She’s made new friends, learned about team chemistry in volleyball, and more.
“She’s learned a great deal from her coaches,” Cynthia Robertson added.
Bowie head coach Jeanie Stark said she’s appreciative of what CCVA does for the Lady Rabbits. Many of the players are immersed in the club volleyball scene.
Madison Little is a member of the 17s. Mackenzie Tole, Addy Cook, Henslee Ogle and Robertson all play for the 16s. Mackenzie Gresham and Maddie Baker are two younger players also involved in the association.
Karlyn Dean and Karsen Morgan also play club volleyball, but for a different organization elsewhere.
Stark said CCVA encourages athletes to put their school sports first, which she appreciates.
“CCVA coaches are knowledgeable, and they’ve all played,” added Stark, who has served as an assistant coach with the club.
Plenty of girls from Nocona High also play club volleyball – such as Sherese Price, Jamie Carpenter, Angel Rhudy and Magye Fenoglio. 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.
Local high school volleyball players such as Angel Rhudy, Mackenzie Tole, Carcyn Robertson, Henslee Ogle and Addy Cook have also found success on the club scene. (Courtesy photo by the Clay County Volleyball Association)
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.
-
NEWS3 years agoSuspect indicted, jailed in Tia Hutson murder
-
NEWS4 years ago2 hurt, 1 jailed after shooting incident north of Nocona
-
NEWS3 years agoSO investigating possible murder/suicide
-
NEWS4 years agoWreck takes the life of BHS teen, 16
-
NEWS3 years agoMurder unsolved – 1 year later Tia Hutson’s family angry, frustrated with no arrest
-
Show us something good9 years agoCountry music star children perform in Bowie
-
NEWS3 years ago
Sheriff’s office called out to infant’s death
-
100th Birthday4 years agoLooking back at the 1958 Centennial edition of The Bowie News