SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Hall, Hill are captains
By BLAKE WOOD
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
Another Montague County boys’ basketball season wrapped up, with four of the seven area teams reaching the postseason, three of them winning at least one game.
The big story before the season began was the arrival of three new coaches to the county: Tyson Mankin in Nocona, Brian Blank in Saint Jo and Danny Pruett in Gold-Burg.
Mankin was succeeding coaching legend J.D. Mayo in Nocona, though he didn’t put too much thought into that aspect.
“I knew coming in the kids were going to be well-coached,” he said. “But we had a different gameplan; we wanted to put our own footprint on the program.”
Mankin brought a more offensive style of play with him, as evidenced by a 43-41 overtime win over Henrietta in January being the fewest points the Indians scored all season.
The non-district portion was a rollercoaster ride, featuring a three game win streak and four game losing skid.
“We had our struggles early on,” said the coach. “The learning curve was steep.”
However things began to go well for Nocona in district 3A-9 play. After a close win and a loss, the Indians rattled off a seven game win streak, including a 51-50 win over county rival Bowie.
“The first half of district was the best they played all season,” said Mankin. “They played at a much faster pace.”
The Indians cooled off afterwards however, entering their playoff game against Whitesboro with a loss. Their season would end against the Bearcats after a rough 100-70 loss. Read more in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.
Bowie’s Chase Hall (11, maroon jersey) was a Conference 3A all-region selection along with Nocona’s Kameron Hill. Both Hall and Hill serve as the all-county team captains. (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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