SPORTS
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Brightwell heads to Tennessee State
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
Before her senior season playing Texas high school girls’ basketball, Jordan Brightwell made the decision to transfer here to Bowie from McKinney Boyd.
On Wednesday in the high school library, Brightwell made another decision on where she wants to play at the collegiate level.
Brightwell, a 6-foot-1 center/power forward combination, signed a National Letter of Intent to play for Tennessee State, a school located in Nashville.
Tennessee State is an NCAA Division I school, affiliated with the Ohio Valley Conference. The Tigers went 12-18 during the 2013-14 season.
The team opened the 2014-15 regular season Friday night at North Carolina State. The roster features another Texan, former Midland High standout Chelsea Hudson. Tennessee State head coach Larry Joe Inman likes Brightwell’s blue-collar approach to basketball.
“Jordan has a marvelous work ethic that is off the charts,” he said. “She has a nose for the ball and does a great job rebounding. She’s a hustle player who gives extra effort when most players want to let up.” Read more in the weekend Bowie News.
Jordan Brightwell (center, front row) is flanked by Bowie girls’ basketball teammates on Wednesday in the high school library after she signed with Tennessee State University, a Division I school located in Nashville. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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