SPORTS
STORM CENTER: Getting stuffed on football
This coming Thursday, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving.
We sit around dining room tables noshing on turkey, stuffing, probably some yams and pumpkin pie. One of my Thanksgiving favorites is cranberry sauce. I wonder if the musician Prince calls his a “Cranberry Beret?”
I digress.
One of the staples of American life is football on Thanksgiving, and that’s at all levels ranging from the pros to the high schools.
I remember covering a football game on Thanksgiving back in 1994 for the New Britain Herald – which was my hometown daily newspaper in Connecticut, like the Wichita Falls Times Record News here.
Wethersfield played Newington. The Eagles and the Indians have played each other on Thanksgiving since seemingly the beginning of time.
From my friend Kathleen Pulek, who is a former assistant sports information director at my alma mater Central Connecticut State University, Wethersfield and Newington played last year at CCSU the night before Thanksgiving.
This year’s game will be live from Alumni Field in Newington. Wethersfield comes into the game with a spotless 10-0 record.
In many northeastern states, Thanksgiving games signal the final week of regular-season contests.
Meanwhile, here in Texas, high school football playoffs are well underway in the regional round this week and quarterfinal games are set for next week.
Some of our postseason games will take place on Thanksgiving, but the teams to play in them have yet to be determined. Read more of this column in the weekend Bowie News. Buy an e-subscription to this newspaper.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Fields will be filled with Thanksgiving football this Thursday. (Metro graphic)
Nocona’s volleyball team headed to Bowie for a three-team scrimmage with the host team and Ponder Aug. 7.
Each team played the other two for 30 minutes in the Lady Rabbit gym. Lady Indian Coach Sandy Langford said she thought things went well for a first scrimmage.
“Just like any young team that is trying to find itself in a first scrimmage, We looked really good at times and at others not so much,” Langford said. “We’re forming a new team after losing a lot of seniors.”
Langford said the squad would have one thing go wrong and it would explode into several things. That will need to stop for a successful year in Langford’s mind.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s tennis team is now 3-3 for the non-district campaign with a 1-2 week.
In the Rabbits’ home opener Aug. 5 against Graham, Bowie posted a 13-6 match win with the girls completing a 9-0 sweep.
Jessi Mayfield and Angeles Alvarez won 9-8 (7-4) while Payton Goodwin and Maddie Schwarz were 8-1 winners as were Avery DeWeber and Avery Bonham.
In girl’s singles Willow Seibert won 8-2 in No.1 1 singles. Goodwin and Mayfield were each 8-5 winners. Alvarez posted an 8-1 win. Schwarz won 9-8 (8-5) with Deweber taking an 8-2 decision.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Two major portions of Nocona’s 2023 bond issue are very close to being completed.
The new high school gym should be complete in time for the volleyball team to begin practice there Aug. 1, according to Superintendent Dr. David Waters. Ground on the 22,000 square foot facility was broken on Oct. 18, 2024.
Waters said a punch list meeting with the construction manager was scheduled for earlier this week with final touchups expected shortly afterwards. Fans should be able to enjoy the facility for the volleyball team’s season opener Aug. 11.
Fans will enjoy the new gym from entering the facility which has glass walls, enabling fans to watch the game from the foyer. Once inside the gym itself, there is stadium, chair back seating on the home side allowing for a much more comfortable experience.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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