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)
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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