SPORTS
OUTDOORS: Wildflowers blooming all around the area
Texas State Parks have gone Technicolor this spring with rolling waves of bright blue, deep red and yellow blanket on our hills and plains.
At Ray Roberts Lake State Park in Sanger, fragrant wild plum trees scent the breeze and bright pink lace cactus are popping out of the ground at Lake Mineral Wells State Park.
Texas has more than 5,000 species of wildflowers, and this spring has been no different.
“Visitors are reporting this spring is a much better wildflower season than they’ve seen in years,” said Paul Hendrix, the assistant park superintendent at Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site.
At LBJ, there has been an abundance of Texas bluebonnets along the park trails, with paintbrush and daisies.
More than 90 Texas State Parks present places to view and photograph nature’s wildflowers and blooming shrubs and trees.
In Central Texas state parks, visitors can see bluebonnets, bee blossoms, blue-eyed grass, Texas yellow stars and other flora.
In East Texas parks, rampant Texas groundsels blanket sandy fields and post oak savannahs, with flowering shrubs, redbuds, plums and hawthorns. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. (Logo furnished by the TPWD, no copyright infringement inferred)
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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