SPORTS
Hickey takes over as Bellevue volleyball coach
In early May, Bellevue announced the hiring of the program’s next volleyball coach Jaimie Hickey.
Hickey is coming from her first head coaching stint at Poolville last year, where she coached the girl’s basketball team. That came after a decade served as an assistant coach in all manner of sports at both the junior high and high school level at Bowie and City View.
While she thought of herself more of as a basketball coach, Hickey wanted to work closer to where her family was living, with her husband Corey working at Bowie schools as the transportation supervisor.
Bellevue reached out to her and she was convinced after sitting down with principal Lori Shoemaker and superintendent Wade Wesley.
“I felt like it was a good fit for me and where I am heading in my own career and profession,” Hickey said. “A little change of scenery will be fun.”
The Lady Eagles are entering only their third season of volleyball.
Despite the inexperience, the numbers have been good and Bellevue made a jump in its second season by competing for a playoff spot within the district, finishing fourth overall.
The team loses only one player to graduation as most key players enter their third season playing the sport and graduate to being upperclassmen as well.
Being a part of that journey appealed to Hickey, recalling her time at City View as she helped turn the Lady Mustangs volleyball program into a respectable one that routinely makes the playoffs.
Her one year serving as head coach at Poolville was one where she learned a lot.
“The experience of going from the second seat to the first seat was an experience in itself,” Hickey said. “I am very used to working behind the scenes. That was an adjustment. But all the positions I have held have prepared me.”
She describes herself as a teacher on the court, emphasizing the student part of the student/athlete.
Hickey wants her kids to know the game and understand the why of things, meaning her athletes should be ready to listen since she has been told she is quite chatty when talking techniques and concepts.
“I want them to have enough that they grasp it, so that in the moment whenever they do it, all the work made it worth it,” Hickey said.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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