SPORTS
Bowie volleyball inserted in tough 8-team district
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
The University Interscholastic League certainly didn’t do any favors for the Bowie High School volleyball program.
That’s because the Jackrabbits are moving into a rough eight-team district.
“It’s going to be tougher with the additions of Paradise and Boyd,” Bowie Head Coach Jeanie Stark said. “We’re adding a lot of successful programs.”
The top-four teams in Conference 3A, District 9, will advance to the playoffs. Last year, the Jackrabbits qualified for the postseason for the first time since 2009, but that was in a six-team district.
In addition to Paradise and Boyd, the district features Nocona, Holliday, Wichita Falls City View, Jacksboro and Henrietta.
The district opener is on Sept. 12 at Henrietta, followed by the home opener versus Boyd on Sept. 16. The district slate wraps up on Oct. 28 at Holliday. Six of the first eight district games are at Bowie, so the Jackrabbits will need to defend the home court early and often.
This summer, Bowie has been playing in a summer league shared between Paradise and Bridgeport. The team will be participating in the Texas Advantage Volleyball camp starting Thursday in Nocona. Read more in the weekend edition of The Bowie News, which includes a complete 2014 season schedule.
Bowie volleyball coach Jeanie Stark. (Photo provided by the Bowie Independent School District)
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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