SPORTS
Forestburg football expecting to thrive after dropping a division
It is a different looking schedule for Forestburg football this season and a different looking team.
Gone are some valuable multi-year starters and Coach Tommy Tritz from the 8-3 team last year and in is new Coach Kyler Roach.
The Longhorns get the benefit of moving down a division, competing in 1A division II after competing the last two years in a division I district.
With this move also comes the change of a smaller district, with only Gold-Burg and Fannindel making up a three-team district. Only two of the three teams are making the playoffs.
With district play only taking up the last two weeks of the season instead of at least half or more of the season, it means Forestburg will have quite the pre-district schedule to make sure they are ready for those two games.
They start the season off against Gainesville Lone Star North, a 1A division I team that will be making the transition from 11-man football to six-man. Next they will play Christ Academy out of Wichita Falls who do not have a district.
The Longhorns will play rival Saint Jo twice during pre-district play, with the first game being at home in the third week and the second game being at Saint Jo in their last game before district play starts in week nine.
Forestburg’s first road game will be in week four at Denton Calvary, a private school who is trying to bounce back from a disappointing season.
They will host old district opponent Newcastle in week five, a team they were able to beat easily last year 65-18, but returns most of their team. The same is true for week six opponent Savoy, except that game is on the road before week seven brings with it the bye week.
To read the full story as well as a copy of the schedule, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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