SPORTS
Prairie Valley beats Forestburg in play-in match
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won the play-in match on Friday night against Forestburg for the second seed.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets against an older Lady Horns team that was heading for the playoffs for the first time in four years win or lose, but wanted to cap off their regular season strong.
Forestburg had most recently beaten Prairie Valley the previous week at home in a five-set thriller to tie the series at 1-1.
The Lady Bulldogs had won the first match 3-1 at home, but the home court advantage would be gone in this game, which was played at Saint Jo.
The first set saw both teams get mini runs as momentum switched back and forth.
Forestburg had some bigger and more athletic girls at the net that could get going if things were going good, especially if a server got hot.
Prairie Valley had only a few girls who could play at the net and relied on ball control and savvy despite the relative youth of the team.
With the score tied at 15-15, the Lady Bulldogs went on a 5-0 run to open up a 20-15 lead heading into the homestretch. The Lady Horns were not able to make up the different as Prairie Valley won the set 25-20.
The second set saw the Lady Bulldogs take control earlier, up 10-5 and later 18-12. Forestburg could not get things turned around into one of its serving runs as Prairie Valley won the set 25-18 and was up 2-0.
The third set saw the Lady Horns catch fire. With the score tied at 5-5, Forestburg went on a 12-2 run to go up by 10 points 17-7 and looked like it was going to take the set easily.
The Lady Bulldogs battled back throughout the rest of the set, slowly catching up and only tying the score near the end at 24-24.
From there, Prairie Valley had all of the momentum and was able to get the final two points to steal the third set 26-24 and earn the win.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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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