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STORM CENTER: Weather plays a role in sports
“Love seems sure around the new year.
Now it’s April. Love is just a ghost.
Spring arrived on time.
Only, what became of you, dear?
Spring can really hang you up the most.”
The above lyrics are from a song titled, “Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most,” which was written by Tommy Wolf with lyrics by Fran Landesman.
This is a jazz rendition from the opening line of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, “April is the cruelest month.” The song, written in 1955, is one of the most popular period pieces in jazz.
So many singers have performed this tune, ranging from Ella Fitzgerald to Bette Midler to Rickie Lee Jones.
April can be the cruelest month, especially since I’m peering out the window and the sky is a soulless, sullen gray.
One never knows what to expect from Mother Nature at this time of year.
You’ll also notice on the front page of the newspaper, I’ve written a piece on the Montague Emergency Communications Team, Inc., a group that springs into action during severe weather.
This is the time of year when baseball and softball coaches turn into amateur meteorologists.
Coaches have been very good telling The Bowie News when games will or have been cancelled, or times have changed.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Because this was technically a City View home game, Bowie was visitor in its own ballpark on Tuesday. Bowie batted first, and eventually won 17-0 over the Mustangs. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
For the second year, Montague County All-Stars hosted its annual Fall Games at Saint Jo High School Oct. 21.
Representatives from nearly every county elementary and high school took part in the day-long event. Students with assorted disabilities learned how to play basketball in the morning and volleyball in the afternoon.
Helping teach the finer points of both games were players and coaches from all the area high schools. Individual skills such as passing, dribbling, and shooting were taught in one of the school’s gyms before athletes were broken up into teams and played timed games in the other gym.
Some of the younger athletes had issues with the ball dribbling and got hit in the nose. Eventually they all got the hang of it, one even getting a basket.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona’s volleyball team had a tough first set against visiting Olney Oct. 16 but then turned things around in the final two games and cruised to a 3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-14) win.
The Lady Indians are now 4-2 in district with one match to go in the regular season Oct. 23 in Petrolia.
Kasi Castro opened the match with a Nocona ace. Paige Davis later followed with a kill to break serve and a single point for a 3-1 lead.
Kills by Sy Parker and Raylea Bowles helped keep Olney down. Leah Meekins’ single point put Nocona up 6-3. Castro’s five-point streak extended the lead to 13-7 with kills from Presley Weber and Parker keeping the drive alive.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
To close out the District 10-A season, Forestburg’s volleyball team traveled to Bellevue and posted a 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-18) over the host Lady Eagles.
Forestburg tied for first place with Saint Jo and broke the deadlock Oct. 26 (see story, same section).
Brooklyn Shook’s ace put Bellevue up 1-0 in game one. Forestburg’s Lacie Shotwell’s three-point run later put the visitors up 5-2, Brenna Brailes extended the Lady ‘Horn lead to 7-3.
Single points by Landry Fluitt and Brylie Hager cut the lead to 7-8. Forestburg’s Addy Conway rolled off five straight points to extend the lead to 14-7. Mattie Broussard of Bellevue later cut the deficit to 11-14 with a three-point string. points from Madi Wadsworth and Presley Brown put Forestburg up 18-12.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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