SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOLS: Summer lifting is necessity
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
Former Bowie High School standout athletes Tim and Brad Bendure are helping strength-and-conditioning coordinator Monte Sewell with the summer program.
Bendure put junior high school students through their paces on a recent Thursday morning through free weights, quick runs and more.
“We are working the entire body,” Sewell said. “We have a certain routine each day.”
Bowie athletes are working on speed drills, functional and resistance training and running.
“Students ran in the ditch, which is good for their legs and respiratory system,” Sewell said.
Plyometric training is another facet of the program. Muscles exert the maximum force possible in short intervals of time, with the goal of increasing both speed and power, through explosive jumps.
Bowie football players have been lifting weights Monday through Thursday from 8 to 8:45 a.m. Then junior high school students work out from 8:45 to 9:30 a.m., and additional high school students from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Sewell said it’s an obstacle keeping athletes in shape during the summer months, and this program helps overcome that.
Bowie has plenty of multi-sport athletes, which makes it vital they stay fit. Many Jackrabbit football players compete on both offense and defense.
“This program, it’s a foundation for every sport,” Sewell said. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News.
Female junior high school athletes used the weight apparatuses in an unconventional way during a June 25 training session at Bowie High School. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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