SPORTS

88th Oil Bowl roster released

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1 year ago

05/29/2025

With June fast approaching, the 88th Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is coming up on June 6-7.
While not fully locked in yet, names on most of the rosters have been released and Montague County has several athletes selected for the teams.
Basketball is played first on June 6 at Wichita Falls Memorial.
The girl’s basketball game is scheduled for 6 p.m. while the boy’s game follows at 7:30 p.m.
In the girl’s basketball game, Nocona will be well represented on the east team.
Coaches Kyle Spitzer and Clayton Brown were picked to coach Meg Meekins, Avery Crutsinger and Reagan Phipps one last time. On the west team, Payzlie Cervantes and Krista Reeves from Saint Jo were picked to play.
Later in the boy’s game, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. were selected for the east team.
The next day on June 7 will feature two volleyball games, also played at Wichita Falls Memorial High School, starting at 4 p.m.
The first game will be the small school game. On the west team, Taylor Patrick from Saint Jo and Kaygan Stone from Nocona are selected to play. On the east team, Aubrey Morman from Saint Jo was selected to play.
The big school game has no local athletes on the current rosters.
The football game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium at Wichita Falls.
The full football roster has not been released yet, but the initial roster for the east squad includes Bowie players Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne.
Look in next week’s paper for athlete confirmations and updates to local players competing with and against the Wichita Falls area’s best graduating athletes.

SPORTS

Imotichey takes over as Forestburg VB coach

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6 days ago

07/16/2026

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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 2^nd 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.

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Lady Rabbit SB beats Bridgeport

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6 days ago

07/16/2026

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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.

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Keck heads to National Junior Olympics

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6 days ago

07/16/2026

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Rest. Run. Repeat.

Sage Keck, an 8^th 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 2^nd 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.