SPORTS
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Nocona outlasts Iowa Park
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
For basketball fans, Tuesday’s Nocona-Iowa Park girls’ game had a little bit of everything.
Nocona played strong full-court pressure defense when it mattered most. First-year varsity player Emma Meekins made a pair of critical free throws late in the game. It went to overtime. And there were fouls.
Yes, there were a lot of fouls.
Nocona and Iowa Park combined for 73 free-throw attempts and there were 54 overall fouls as the Lady Indians defeated the Lady Hawks 68-65 in overtime. Thirty of those infractions were called in the first half alone.
And it marked Bradley McGann’s first-ever varsity head coaching victory, too.
“I am really impressed with this group of girls,” McGann said. “They work hard and fight all the way through the game. It was a crazy, hectic game to start the season. But, it showed us what we are capable of.”
Nocona (1-0) played on Saturday evening in Vernon. The game was pushed back from Friday because of the football playoffs.
Nocona’s Makenzie Franklin, the game’s leading scorer with 28 points, bolts on the fastbreak during Tuesday’s game versus Iowa Park. The Lady Indians won 68-65. Click on the image 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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