SPORTS
Saint Jo baseball loses to Era, softball wins big against Christ Academy
Baseball
The Saint Jo Panthers had a tough home opener on Monday night against Era.
The Hornets won 20-1, run-ruling the Panthers after three innings.
While Era had some successful offensive innings in the first and third innings, scoring three and four runs, most of the damage came in the second inning.
Saint Jo gave up 12 free bases of either walking or hitting batters, committed three fielding errors and allowed a triple as the Hornets scored 13 runs.
Offensively, the Panthers did have a chance to score in the first inning with the bases loaded and one out. Unfortunately, two strikeouts followed.
Thankfully, Saint Jo had one more chance in the third inning. With two runners on base and one out, Charlie Evans hit a line drive single into left field to drive in one run.
It made the final score 20-1.
Softball
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers blew out Decatur Christ Academy to open their season on Monday.
The Lady Panthers won 16-0, run-ruling the Lady Patriots in only three innings.
Saint Jo scored six runs in the first inning and five in both the second and third innings.
Maxey Johnson led the team with five RBIs as she hit two triples. Taylor Patrick drove in three runs and also hit a triple along with Reagan Wilson. The team had 10 hits to go with eight walks.
Johnson also pitched on the mound, allowing only one hit and three walks while giving up no runs and striking out eight batters in three innings of work. Behind her, the defense committed no fielding errors.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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