SPORTS
STORM CENTER: Let the girls’ playoffs begin
The first time the sports editor came to Texas for a sports position, it was as a reporter for the Temple Daily Telegram.
The Telegram is owned and operated by the legendary Mayborn family.
When I worked for them in 2002 and 2003, boys’ and girls’ basketball wasn’t my beat. This guy was primarily focused on high school boys’ and girls’ soccer and junior hockey.
I think I covered maybe only four basketball games during my time there.
When I was a sports editor at newspapers in the Oklahoma Panhandle and southwest Kansas, I wrote accounts featuring a smattering of Texas schools such as Gruver, Perryton and Follett.
That means this basketball season truly has been a baptism by fire for me. It’s basketball, with a spicy Texas flavor.
The sports editor has been blessed to cover some wonderful teams this season – including the state-ranked Bowie and Forestburg girls and Bellevue boys.
On Monday, the Bowie girls accomplished one of their many goals by going through the district season undefeated with an 83-19 victory over City View.
Players took turns cutting down pieces of the net.
Bowie head girls’ basketball coach Colby Davis-Pastusek lifted the cut net high in celebration. But, the coach knows this is just the first step. It is part of the process, something Davis-Pastusek readily admits.
“Everybody is 0-0 now,” she said. “Everybody has new life going into the playoffs.”
The goal for all playoff bound teams is simple: Destination San Antonio. Instead of remembering the Alamo, we must keep the Alamodome in mind.
This marks the first season since the University Interscholastic League decided to move the state basketball championships from the University of Texas to San Antonio.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Bowie’s Jordan Brightwell (24) has been a great addition for the Jackrabbits this season. The 6-foot-2 force has altered a slew of opponent’s shots, causing absurdly low field-goal percentages. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Blake Wood)
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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