SPORTS
Lady Indians end season with loss at City View
The Nocona softball team lost its final game at City View to close out the season.
The Lady Mustangs won 10-5 despite the Lady Indians coming on strong in the second half of the game.
City View scored nine runs in the first four innings before Nocona fought back with its bats. Laci Stone drove in Jenna McBride and Maggie Stewart with a double.
Stone would score later in the fifth inning on a steal home to cut the lead to 9-3.
In the sixth inning Paige James fly ball to center field produced an error that allowed
MaKenna Nobile to score. Later in the inning James was able to steal home to cut the lead to 9-5.
City View got one run back in the sixth inning to make the score 10-5 heading into the final inning.
Despite Laney Yates hitting a double, Nocona could not produce the offensive magic of the previous two innings as the next batter struck out for out number three.
Stone’s two RBIs led the team Sydnee Mowery did strike out 10 batters in only four innings.
James came in to pitch the last two and only allowed one unearned run and no hits while walking one batter.
It was a tough district run for this Nocona team.
There were some tough stretches against some of top teams this year, but the Lady Indians did have competitive stretches and games against teams from Henrietta and Bowie.
The small things are keeping the team from winning these games as the program tries to progress forward into a regular district competitor.
Hopefully the tough lessons learned this year can be overcome and used as motivation for next year.
While school won’t start for another two weeks yet, Bowie tennis coach Dayna Boothe is getting her netters ready to start the 2026 Fall season.
Tryouts began July 21 with nearly 25 players trying out.
Boothe will have a young boys team this year but is excited about their prospects.
“Our boys team is returning with five juniors, a strong sophomore and some promising incoming freshmen,” Boothe said. “It will be a strong building year for our boys team.”
Boothe said the Lady Rabbits will be led by junior state champion in girl’s doubles last Spring Willow Seibert.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
The allure of coaching can be too much for some. Shea Diffie is just that type.
Diffie coached girl’s basketball at Slidell for a time. After the school moved up to Class 2A, Diffie quit coaching and took on a traveling salesperson’s position. After putting on what he says was more than 60,000 miles on his truck over the last year, he decided to get back into coaching.
He met with Bellevue’s athletic director, Colby Broussard, and recently became the new girl’s basketball coach. He replaces Larry Tidwell, who moved on to Arlington Baptist University to become their girl’s basketball coach.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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.
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