SPORTS
Two compete at state track meet on Saturday
Two athletes head to Austin this weekend to compete at the state track meet.
Bellevue’s Sky-Lar Embry and Prairie Valley’s Mason Allen are both set to compete on Saturday against the state’s best in the 1A classification of their events.
Allen is set to compete in the boy’s high jump event. Allen’s 6-0 jump during tough conditions at the regional meet was enough for him to win by four inches.
“I was extremely surprised when I won, but knew going in if I jumped well I would hopefully advance,” Allen said.
His personal best jump of 6-2 came at the area meet and is tied for the second highest jump among several athletes in the state. If he can equal that jump or do better, it could be good results for Allen.
Embry is going to compete in the girl’s 100 meter race.
After falling just short of also qualifying in the 200 meters at the regional meet with a fourth place finish, Embry was able to overcome a tough prelims race the day before to qualify in her favorite event.
“The first day of regionals I was really nervous, it was storming and then my pre-lims got delayed, and I got sick so it was a struggle, but I overcame that,” Embry said. “The second day I was relaxed, focused and relieved pressure from myself because I put too much pressure on myself the first day. When it was time I was ready to go.”
Despite finishing with the fifth fastest time in the prelims, Embry was one of the few who ran a better time in the finals, running 13.71 seconds and finishing second.
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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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