SPORTS
Saint Jo teams struggle to start district
Saint Jo baseball
The Saint Jo Panthers had a rough game at Alvord on Tuesday night.
The Bulldogs won 21-0, with the game lasting three and half innings due to run rule.
The Panthers knew it would be tough playing a 2A school, but the game started out bad.
Alvord scored 11 runs in the first inning, seven in the second inning and three in the third inning. While the Bulldogs put up 14 hits, Saint Jo gave up seven walks, hit eight batters and the committed five fielding errors.
On offense, the Panthers had two hits with Amzy Barclay and Trent Gaston hitting singles. The team drew three walks and was hit by two pitches to get some base runners, but could not score.
Saint Jo softball
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers let Collinsville get away from them on Tuesday in their district home opener.
The Lady Pirates won 21-6 after six innings due to run-rule, with Collinsville pulling away with 10 runs in the sixth inning.
Saint Jo was hoping its extra practice time following a nice win to open the season would pay off and for most of the game.
Despite playing a 2A team, the Lady Panthers were within range for most of the game.
Collinsville got out front in the first inning with five runs and then added three more in the second to go up 8-0. Saint Jo answered in the same inning with its bats.
Aubrey Morman drove in a run with a single followed by a two RBI triple from Krista Reeves. Reeves would later score on the base paths as Saint Jo cut the Lady Pirates lead in half 8-4.
The third and fourth innings went by with no runs coming across home plate for either team.
Collinsville added three runs in the fifth inning with two RBI singles and wild pitch allowing a runner to score.
With the Lady Pirates up 11-6 entering the sixth inning, Saint Jo then had one of the dreaded innings from hell on defense as it allowed 10 runs.
Down 21-4, the Lady Panthers would need to score eight runs to avoid the game from ending one inning early.
Saint Jo tried. Maxey Johnson and Reagan Wilson had back-to-back RBI doubles to add two runs to the Lady Panthers total. Unfortunately, the run of offensive success ended quickly and the game followed.
Collinsville won 21-6.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the 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.
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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