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)
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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