SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Watkins explodes for 37 in win
By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com
When the game mattered most, Bellevue High School guard Jakob Watkins flourished the most.
Watkins tallied 13 of his game-high 37 points in the fourth quarter as the Eagles outscored Forestburg 20-9 en route to a 75-64 victory.
It was Watkins who outscored the Longhorns all by himself as Bellevue took another step in another hopeful perfect District 1A-21 record. The Eagles went 14-0 in district games a year ago, too.
Bellevue improved to 18-11, 12-0 while Forestburg dropped to 14-7, 8-4. The Eagles played at Slidell on Friday evening.
“Jakob is the key to our success,” Bellevue head coach Colby Broussard said. “He plays with so much intensity, and the other guys feed off him. That was the difference in the game.”
Broussard also was pleased with how Bellevue played with composure, especially late with Forestburg played such a physical style. Read more, and see the complete box score, in the Feb. 13 Bowie News.
Forestburg’s Taten Vann (left) and Bellevue’s Gabriel Garza vie for possession during Tuesday’s District 1A-21 game at Forestburg. Bellevue won by 11 points, 75-64. (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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