SPORTS
Forestburg dominates in first two playoff wins
The Forestburg Longhorns won both of their playoff games last week to continue their season.
The Longhorns won in blowouts against Newcastle (64-38) and Avery (73-36) in the bi-district and area rounds.
Forestburg came into the playoffs confident after winning its first district title since 2009 and only losing one during district play.
The Longhorns were first matched up with a Newcastle team that came in with only nine wins on the season and had to scrape and claw and win a play-in game to get into the playoffs.
Last year the teams met in the same round, but it had been a much closer game which Forestburg had won. This year, with the game played on Feb. 18, the Longhorns won with little trouble.
The first half was competitive as Forestburg nursed a 26-19 lead at halftime. The second half saw the Longhorns offense get rolling, scoring 20 points in the third quarter and 18 in the fourth quarter.
Newcastle could not keep up as the Longhorns won 64-38.
Jesus Sanchez led the team with 24 points while Josiah Wadsworth was second with 15 and Kyler Willett adding 10 points.
Coach Curtis Enis thought his team’s defense got better and better as the game wore on which he singled out as the key reason the team won the game.
The win moved the Longhorns on to play an Avery team that had much higher accolades. The Bulldogs won their district’s championship with only one loss and had 24 wins on the season.
Despite that, Forestburg came out scorching hot, scoring the ball well and forcing turnovers on offense as it led 28-6 after the first quarter.
The Longhorns could not keep up that offensive pace all game and came back down to earth in the second quarter, actually being outscored 13-9.
Still, because the first quarter explosion Forestburg’s lead was still sizable at halftime 37-19, but the Longhorns did not want to give Avery any hope it could come back.
The third quarter saw Forestburg’s offense get back into rhythm in the third quarter, scoring 23 points to extend its lead before being able to slow things down in the fourth quarter.
The Longhorns won by more than twice the Bulldogs score 73-36.
Sanchez again led the team with 24 points. Jesse Wadsworth was second with 19 points and Willett scored 14 points.
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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 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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