SPORTS
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS: Bowie Tennis Association has staying power
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
While tennis leagues in even larger communities falter, the Bowie Tennis Association has proven to have the staying power of a Wimbledon fifth set between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut.
“Wichita Falls has had trouble keeping their tennis leagues going,” Bowie Tennis Association treasurer Janice Robertson, who owns Bowie Floral, said. “We have dedicated people that have stuck with it. We now have high school kids keeping it going.”
For Robertson, playing tennis provides social and recreational opportunities.
“I enjoy it,” she said. “It’s fun and it’s exercise. I get to know new people. It’s a way for me to compete.”
Robertson teams up with Cindy Eichler in the women’s league, and with Bowie High School student Michael Shaw in the mixed division.
The Bowie Tennis Association was the brainchild of several women, including local business professionals Sue Swint and Donna Ashley. Ashley runs a photography studio in downtown. Swint is a realtor.
The organization started in 1986.
At present, there are about 50 people in the league, which has a yearly banquet in the spring to hand out awards. The group has two other formal meetings each year. There are club officers, and six directors that serve on a rotating basis. Read more in the weekend Bowie News.
Former Bowie High School tennis player Kaity Hanson, hitting a forehand during a mixed doubles match on Nov. 6, still plays the sport through The Bowie Association. The association has been a fixture here for 28 years. (News photo by Eric Viccar0)
Bowie’s girl’s golfers (left) won the Buzzy Open at Diamond Oaks Golf Course shooting 375. Miley Thompson was 4th place individual shooting an 87 and Tess Egenbacher was 5th place individual shooting an 88. Kendall Fallis shot a 99 with both Reegen Ferguson and Lillie Maddox shooting 101. The boys finished second in their division. Caden Belcher led the boys with a 73, good enough for fourth place. Cason Airington fired a 76, Rayder Mann a 78, Preston Loyd an 83 and Chase White a 91. Team 2 was led by Trae Siegler with an 84, Easton Richey shot an 87. Bear Combs shot an 89, Caden Rutherford a 89 and Cody Chandler a 114.
Both squads had their steallar rounds against a number of 5A and 6A schools.
Courtesy photos
By BRIAN SMITH
sports@bowienewsonline.com
Several county 1A teams took part in the Forestburg track meet March 5.
The host Longhorns, Saint Jo, Gold-Burg, Bellevue, and Prairie Valley all took part in the day long event.It was the first meet hosted at the new track which was finished earlier this school year. Both girls and boys competed at the meet.
See the full results in the Thursday Bowie News.
Pictured – Saint Jo’s girls competed in a relay race at the meet. (Photo by Jennifer Gaston)
By BRIAN SMITH
sports@bowienewsonline.com
Saint Jo opened its boy’s baseball tournament March 5 with a 3-all, five-inning tie with Ector.
Ector stranded a runner in the top of the first. Saint Jo struck for a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Pictured Damon Byrd of Saint Jo looks to bunt against Ector at a tournament opener. (Photo by Brian Smith)
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