SPORTS
Bowie track advances four to regionals
The Bowie track teams competed at the area meet on Thursday at Jacksboro to see which athletes would go on through to the regional meet if they finished in the top four of their event.
In the end there are four athletes making the trip to Abilene on April 28-29 for the chance to go to the state meet in Austin.
Tucker Jones is returning to regionals in the 110 meter hurdles. He finished third despite clipping a hurdle midway through the race that caused him to miss out on possibly finishing first since he was in the lead at that point in the race.
Jones made it to the regional final last year in the same event.
With him missing out on qualifying in the 300 meter hurdles (fifth) and the long jump (seventh) he will have plenty of time to focus in on the one event and motivation to do better than he did at the area meet since he was noticeably disappointed.
Laisha Johnson finished third in the 400 meter race to qualify for regionals.
The senior also was part of the 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams that both finished eighth so she will have her sole focus on the 400 meters.
The other two qualifiers came earlier in the day during field events.
Senior Neely Price had to skip out on the second day of the regional golf tournament to compete. It paid off as Price finished fourth in the high jump to qualify.
The final qualifier was junior Case Curry who finished fourth in the pole vault by jumping 11 feet, 6 inches.
While some other athletes are not advancing, they did finish sixth or better scoring points toward their team totals.
Brady Rhyne finished sixth in the 300 meter hurdles, Harlei Hudson finished sixth in the 100 meters and Tyler Malone finished sixth in the 800 meters.
To see full results for Bowie athletes, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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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