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STORM CENTER COLUMN: Memories At The Oil Bowl
Last weekend was a special one for Bowie’s Garland McCoy and Nocona’s Tyler O’Neal.
Both young men were given the opportunity to play in the 77th Annual Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl Classic at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls.
During the past week, Bowie News readers have been able to view accounts and photographs from the game.
I hope you enjoyed this over-the-top coverage.
Let me say I am a big fan of Shrine Bowl all-star football games, and for a good reason, too.
The Shriners Hospitals for Children just happens to be my favorite charity organization. According to its Form 990 in April 2009, the hospital’s endowment was more than $5 billion.
Children with orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate are eligible for care and receive all services in a family-oriented environment.
And that’s regardless of the patients’ ability to pay, and whether or not they have any affiliation with neither the Shriners nor other Freemasonry.
McCoy said watching a video about the impact of Shriners Hospitals For Children was “emotional.”
The first Shriners hospital opened in 1922 in Shreveport, La., providing pediatric orthopedic care. Today, there are 22 centers in the United States, Canada and Mexico. For more from this column, read the weekend edition of The Bowie News.
Sports editor/county reporter Eric Viccaro (Photo by Ryan Evans)
New Saint Jo Boy’s Basketball Coach Terry McLennan said the school’s family atmosphere is what prompted him to join the Panther family.
“This is an opportunity to be an important program but also part of a great community,” McLennan said. “I’ve been looking to get back to a small town environment like the one I grew up in and played ball and this should do that.”
McLennan played basketball in Hubbard outside of Waco. McLennan comes to town after being the assistant girl’s basketball coach in Grand Prairie.
McLennan contends he’s a defensive style of coach but says his team will focus on intensity.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Boy’s Basketball Coach Terry McLennan said the school’s family atmosphere is what prompted him to join the Panther family.
“This is an opportunity to be an important program but also part of a great community,” McLennan said. “I’ve been looking to get back to a small town environment like the one I grew up in and played ball and this should do that.”
McLennan played basketball in Hubbard outside of Waco. McLennan comes to town after being the assistant girl’s basketball coach in Grand Prairie.
McLennan contends he’s a defensive style of coach but says his team will focus on intensity.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After some coaching time in East Texas, Bret Botard will be the new girl’s basketball coach at Bowie.
Botard said it’s a chance to work with Bowie Athletic Director Tyler Price once again. Price was Botard’s assistant when he coached at Nocona.
“I wanted to get back into the area,” Botard said. “It’s a good community.”
Botard graduated high school in 1995 from Del Valle High School, outside Austin, and went to Texas Tech. He started his coaching career in Lubbock followed by returning to his alma mater where he was an assistant for his high school coach.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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