SPORTS
Remember The Alamodome
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
The Bowie High School girls’ basketball team and Bellevue High School boys’ basketball teams are among those with lofty goals for the 2014-15 season.
One of those goals is a berth in the University Interscholastic League state tournament.
Well, “on to state” now has a different meaning as the UIL has announced the state girls’ and boys’ basketball tournaments are moving from Austin to San Antonio effective this season. The UIL made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon.
The Alamodome has been chosen as the host site. It is a domed 65,000-seat, multi-purpose facility on the southeastern fringe of downtown San Antonio that can also be used for large conventions.
The state girls’ basketball tournament is slated for March 5-7, 2015, and the boys one week later March 12-14, 2015.
The move was a topic of discussing during the girls’ basketball coaching school last weekend, Bowie Head Basketball Coach Colby Davis-Pastusek said.
“I really don’t think it’s going to be a good venue for girls’ basketball,” Davis-Pastusek said. “It will be better for boys’ basketball.”
Davis-Pastusek is concerned with how the Alamodome will be curtained off, especially noting the grandiose nature of the building.
“It’s going to be different,” she said. Read more in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.
The Alamodome in San Antonio has been chosen as the new site for the University Interscholastic League state boys and girls basketball tournaments. (Photo courtesy The Alamodome)
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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