Let the sports editor say – for the record – last Friday’s high school football game between Bowie and Boyd was one of the more interesting I’ve been associated with.
I’ve covered high school football games since I was in college, and the weather for the District 4-3A-I opener was some of the most intense ever.
Rain fell in buckets. Lightning was so vivid and bright there was a question whether it caused Boyd Independent School District Stadium to go dark for roughly 30 minutes.
The thunder sounded like what happens when I dive into a bowl of Cracklin’ Oat Bran cereal.
Winds picked up, and changed direction so many times I thought the weather was channeling its inner Barry Sanders.
Yes, it was that kind of night.
At 9:30 p.m., just after Boyd had closed the gap on Bowie to 13-7 with a Qualynn Wells touchdown and Spencer Pellegrini extra-point kick, the officiating crew stopped the game.
Lightning flashed northwest of the stadium. The storm was coming in. The cold front became the only true ground gainer – for about 2 hours, 30 minutes. Read more from this column in the weekend Bowie News.

Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.

For two hours, 30 minutes, Boyd Independent School District Stadium was vacant during a weather delay on Oct. 10 as Bowie and Boyd tried to play a district football game. See how wet the parking lot is. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)