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OUTDOORS: Field set for Bass Classic
The field has been set for the Toyota Texas Bass Classic, complete with 35 of the world’s best anglers for the event scheduled from May 23-25 on Lake Fork in rural Athens.
The final field is made up of defending champion Keith Combs plus top fishermen in the 2014 Angler of the Year standings from both the FLW and Bass Elite Series. There also are four sponsor exemptions.
“The TTBC is the tournament I look forward to above all others each year,” Combs said in a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department press release. “As a native Texan, it was a dream come true to win my third TTBC title last year.”
Combs said he’s looking forward to defending his title.
Combs reeled in a three-day weight of 110 pounds of fish caught (with the limit of 15 fish reached) during the 2014 tournament.
That broke the existing record by 26 pounds, 11 ounces. Stetson Blaylock and Combs entered the Century Club for catching at least 100 pounds in fish. That had never happened at a three-day tour event before – until last year.
During the past eight years, the TTBC has donated more than $2 million to TPWD, an effort that will continue in 2015. Read more, and see the complete tournament field, in the weekend Bowie News.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. (Logo provided by the TPWD, no copyright infringement inferred)
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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