SPORTS
LOCAL SOFTBALL: Y&R takes tournament title
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
Y&R, a team with players from Krum, Lewisville and Carrollton, won the Great Balls of Fire Ladies’ Auxiliary Softball Tournament.
Y&R defeated the Chupacabra, with it coming down to the final inning.
Several local teams were in action, with Ty and Shae Rutherford’s Swingerz team taking third. Geoffrey Loper’s team Bruised and Battered placed fifth.
The Black Sheep finished eighth and The Fit, The Fat and The Feeble was ninth in this 12-team tournament played under United States Specialty Sports rules.
“We kept things moving,” said tournament coordinator Lee Adams, a volunteer with the Bowie Fire Department. “It was a lot of fun for me and for us.”
Money raised from the tournament will go toward paying for a new hydraulic extraction device. Adams said a tidy four-figure sum was raised.
Games started at 6 p.m. on Saturday and the championship game was at 9 a.m. on Sunday. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News.
Michael Deford throws a pitch home during the Great Balls of Fire Tournament at the Haggar Sports Complex on July 18 and 19. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (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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