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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Shallowater dashes Bowie’s playoff run

Published

11 years ago

11/27/2015

By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com

The Bowie High School senior class talked about being “different” than Jackrabbit football teams of the past.
Well, this team has set a precedent for future seasons as Bowie garnered its first playoff game in 34 seasons last week and gave Shallowater all it could handle on a crisp, autumn night at Tiger Stadium in Snyder.
Shallowater had just enough on offense – with standout running back Cooper Ogle – and special teams play courtesy a 71-yard kickoff return from J.D. Townsend to beat Bowie 64-50 in the Conference 3A Division I area round.
Tears were shed after the game, and Bowie finished the 2015 season with a 6-6 mark overall, third place in District 4-3A-I and a bi-district championship.
Bowie gained 671 yards in total offense, and averaged more than eight yards per play. However, Shallowater gained more than nine yards per snap, and the teams combined for 114 points.
“We’ve shown we can move the ball against everybody,” Bowie head coach Dylan Stark said. “Our offense has been rolling. We left everything we had on the field. We never gave up.”
Stark said Bowie had trouble with Ogle because of his “speed and vision.” Ogle rushed 37 times for 283 yards.
Shallowater would play either Muleshoe or Breckenridge in the regional quarterfinals next week.
Bowie’s 11 seniors stuck it out – even through a dismal 2014 season in which the Jackrabbits finished 2-8. The Jackrabbits returned for summer workouts with resolve, and that showed in every game they played. Read more, and see the complete box score, in the Nov. 21 Bowie News.

Josh Monkres (center) delivers a pancake block during Thursday’s Conference 3A Division I football game between Bowie and Shallowater at Snyder’s Tiger Stadium. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

SPORTS

Imotichey takes over as Forestburg VB coach

Published

5 days ago

07/16/2026

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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 2^nd 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.

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Lady Rabbit SB beats Bridgeport

Published

5 days ago

07/16/2026

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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.

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Keck heads to National Junior Olympics

Published

5 days ago

07/16/2026

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Rest. Run. Repeat.

Sage Keck, an 8^th 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 2^nd 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.