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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: For Bowie, it’s ‘silence of the bats’

Published

11 years ago

04/22/2015

By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net

For the Bowie High School softball team, Monday’s 6-0 District 3A-9 loss could have been turned into a movie.
The film could have been called, “Silence of the Bats.”
Paradise pitcher Reagan Taylor shut down Bowie, holding the Lady Rabbits to three hits while striking out five.
“Taylor was throwing hard,” Bowie head coach Brant Farris said. “She did a nice job of shutting our bats down.”
Bowie left only six runners on base, another indication the Lady Rabbits weren’t generating enough firepower.
The Lady Rabbits had chances to score, but they were few and far between.
Henslee Ogle singled and Addy Cook walked in the second inning. Ogle was caught attempting to steal home. And Cook was left at third base after an Ashlyn Vanwey groundout.
Tristin Hopson was picked off first base in the fourth inning. Later in the inning, Taylor McCarty was stranded at second and Ogle at first as Cook flied out to left field.
Vanwey reached on an error in the fifth inning, Hopson singled in the sixth, and Cook in the seventh. But none of them scored.
Maylie Short took the loss, allowing five runs – only two earned, in part because of three Bowie errors – on six hits with one walk and two hit batters. She threw 57 pitches, 38 for strikes. Kellbie Throckmorton pitched the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Read more, and see the box score, in the mid-week Bowie News.

Bowie’s Maylie Short attempts to pick up the ball during Monday’s District 3A-9 game at Paradise. Short made the play, but her throw was just late as Paradise scored three runs during the fourth inning of a 6-0 win for the Lady Jackets. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

SPORTS

Imotichey takes over as Forestburg VB coach

Published

7 days ago

07/16/2026

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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 2^nd 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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Lady Rabbit SB beats Bridgeport

Published

7 days ago

07/16/2026

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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.

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Keck heads to National Junior Olympics

Published

7 days ago

07/16/2026

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Rest. Run. Repeat.

Sage Keck, an 8^th 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 2^nd 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.