SPORTS
Football scrimmages today
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
Bowie High School head football coach Dylan Stark paid a special visit to the Lions Club in the meeting room at Ozona National Bank on Thursday afternoon.
Stark discussed coming events, including today’s scrimmage against Bridgeport. The first play will run at 9 a.m.
Both the Jackrabbits first- and second-team varsity units will run through a series of plays in both eight- and 10-minute increments. The junior varsity and freshman units will scrimmage starting at 10:45 p.m.
“We’re going to treat it like it’s a practice,” Stark said.
The most important part of the scrimmage for Stark is to see the Jackrabbits get better.
Stark said Bridgeport will be “ready to go,” especially after the Bulls just endured a winless season.
All Montague County football coaches agreed that the scrimmages will be used as an evaluation period and see if the players are in the proper positions to make plays.
“It’s going to be good to get out there and see how we will do against someone else,” Saint Jo head coach Chad Tallon said. “We’ll be able to get some good looks, and good reps (repetitions).”
Saint Jo’s scrimmage took place on Friday night against Westlake Academy, a private school in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
Teams will participate in 40 plays, with both first- and second-teams getting looks.
Gold-Burg will play host to Wichita Notre Dame at 9 a.m. Read more in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.
Bowie’s Cristian Martinez takes a handoff during a practice from early August. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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