SPORTS
AREA NOTEBOOK: Bowie tennis begins
The Bowie High School tennis team will be participating in a couple of fall tournaments.
To prepare for the abbreviated season, practices will begin on Aug. 25 at the high school courts.
Practices are scheduled for 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
To practice, athletes must have passed a physical and completed a battery of both University Interscholastic League and Bowie Independent School District forms.
Last year, Meagan Russell and Myah Russell qualified for the Conference 3A state girls’ doubles tournament in College Station.
The team has a new coach this year in former Burleson doubles standout Avery Tate.
For information on tennis, email: avery.tate@bowieisd.net.
Diamondbacks send down Anderson
Former North Central Texas College pitcher Chase Anderson was optioned to Triple-A Reno (Nev.) after rough outing for the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix Tuesday.
Anderson, who also pitched locally at Wichita Falls Rider, yielded seven runs (five earned) over the course of 4 2/3 innings in a loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Anderson had recently come off the disabled list, battling a triceps injury.
This season has been filled with ups and downs for Anderson, who opened the with a 2.84 earned-run average through his first 13 starts.
There were times this season Anderson was viewed as the Diamondbacks’ ace. However, Chase has surrendered 11 home runs in 42 1/3 innings since June 23. He posted a record of 1-3 with a whopping 7.52 ERA during his past four starts.
“It’s been a couple of outings where his fastball command has just not been on,” Diamondbacks’ manager Chip Hale said.
Arizona recalled Zack Godley from Double-A Mobile (Ala.) to take Anderson’s spot in the starting rotation.
Former NCTC hurler Sam Freeman is currently part of the Texas Rangers’ bullpen, on the active roster.
Twisted Oaks Golf
Tuesday Night Scramble
Aug. 18
First Flight
1, David Sappington, Marc Reynolds and Ron Everitt, 24; 2, Snake Allen, Kent Healer, Ty Healer and Donald Biehl, 29; 3, Nathan Wood, Blake Wallace, Cliff Harris and Blake Thomason, 29; Chip-off determined second place.
Second Flight
1, Troy Womack, Scott Watson, Kathy Watson and Mike DeMoss, 31; 2, Marvin Bigbie, Dylan Bigbie, Scott Deweber and Chase Wolsey, 31; 3, Carl Tucker, Bob Hamrick and Michael Qualls, 32; Chip-offs determined placements.
Closest to the pin, Hole No. 3: Ron Everitt
Closest to the pin, Hole No. 9: Ty Healer
The Arizona Diamondbacks sent down former North Central Texas College standout Chase Anderson to the Triple-A level earlier this week. (Photo provided by the Arizona Diamondbacks, used with permission)
Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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