SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD: Moving on to Area
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
The 1,600-meter relay is the featured event in track and field.
All of the spectators’ unwavering eyes are cast upon the runners, and how they execute their handoffs. And it’s always the last event on the card.
The Bowie High School boys’ 1,600-meter relay team consisting of Zeke Vaughan, Pierce Lancaster, Lane Shields and Jesse Vaughn raced in with a time of 3 minutes, 31.42 seconds – beating Holliday by 0.13 seconds – at the District 3A-9 meet on Thursday at Jacksboro High School.
“It’s the premier event,” Bowie head boys’ coach Daylon West said. “We place an emphasis on it.”
West said the key was for Vaughan to keep it close through the first leg, and he did exactly that.
“I thought if Zeke kept it close, we would be in good shape,” he said.
It was just one of the highlights for Bowie, whose boys and girls both finished third at the meet. Nocona’s boys and girls were both eighth.
On the boys’ side, Bowie scored 98 points, three away from second-place Paradise and Nocona tallied 21. Bowie’s girls totaled 100 points, while Nocona accumulated 33. Read more, and see complete team standings, in the weekend Bowie News.
Bowie’s Jesse Vaughn came through with a win in the 200-meter dash on Thursday during the District 3A-9 track and field meet in Jacksboro. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (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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