SPORTS
STORM CENTER COLUMN: Here’s your 2015 schedule
The sports editor is currently in The Bowie News on Christmas night, toiling away and writing this column.
I sure hope you received everything you wished for during the holiday season.
Pretty soon, basketball will be joined by other sports on the calendar, including powerlifting and baseball.
The Bowie High School powerlifting team – which features both female and male competitors – will open the season on Jan. 10 at the Keller Timber Ridge meet.
The Bowie baseball team released its schedule on Twitter, and features several scrimmages including versus Millsap at Chico on Feb. 9, 2015. There will also be a Hit-a-Thon and other scrimmages against Whitesboro, Iowa Park and Pilot Point.
The Jackrabbit baseball opener will take place at NTX Tournament of Champions on Feb. 26.
During the holidays, one of the gifts I always asked for was a calendar.
As a sports editor, my schedule is quite regimented, and a calendar is a useful tool. Today, I don’t need a physical calendar so much because there’s one on my cell phone.
Early next week, there are several basketball tournaments.
Sports contributor Blake Wood will be going to the Windthorst Tournament on Dec. 30.
Yours truly will attend the Whataburger Tournament in the Fort Worth area on Dec. 31.
There are some exciting things coming up in 2015 from a non-sports perspective.
In March, a total solar eclipse will take place in the north Atlantic area. Book your trip NOW!
If Queen Elizabeth II is still reigning on Sept. 10 – the day before my birthday – she will surpass her great-grandmother Queen Victoria as Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. Read more of this column in the weekend Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
AT&T Stadium in Arlington will be the site of at least one Dallas Cowboys playoff game in 2015 as well as the College Football Playoff national championship on Jan. 12. Baylor plays Michigan State here in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1. (Courtesy photo by James Smith/The Dallas Cowboys)
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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