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HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS: Bowie, area players are ready

Published

11 years ago

04/17/2015

By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net

This week across the Lone Star State, the stakes are raised for tennis players.
Seven Bowie High School tennis players will be competing at the Conference 3A Region 2 meet set for Tyler Junior College’s Murphy Tennis Center in Tyler. The center is located at 1020 S. Palmer Avenue in Tyler.
Meanwhile, five more regional players are set for competition at the Conference 1A Region 3 meet at Tarleton State University in Stephenville.
Bowie High School head tennis coach David Hall reported the top-two teams in boys and girls singles and doubles and mixed doubles will advance to the state meet.
The University Interscholastic League state tournament will take place on May 12-13 at the Mitchell Tennis Center and Omar Smith Instructional Courts at Texas A&M University in College Station.
“There are no consolations,” Hall said. “There’s going to be more excitement, and more pressure.”
Hall said this meet is different than others because the Rabbits will stay overnight at the location of their tournament.
At the regional meet, Hall said Brock and Glen Rose will be two of the top teams.
Hall is proud of the seven players who will compete in the regional meet: Girls’ singles standout Katelin Price, two girls’ doubles teams comprised of Meagan Russell and Myah Russell and Veronica Hernandez and Stephanie Crawford and the mixed doubles duo Cameron Gunter and Maria Gonzalez.
All of these players, except for Gunter, are juniors. Read more in the weekend Bowie News.

Bowie’s Stephanie Crawford will represent the school in girls’ doubles at the Conference 3A Region 2 meet Monday and Tuesday at Tyler Junior College. (News file photo by Blake Wood)

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McLennan to coach Saint Jo boys

Published

5 days ago

06/19/2026

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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.

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McLennan to coach Saint Jo boys

Published

6 days ago

06/18/2026

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New Saint Jo Boy’s Basketball Coach Terry McLennan said the school’s family atmosphere is what prompted him to join the Panther family.

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.

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Botard new BHS girls BB coach

Published

6 days ago

06/18/2026

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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.