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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Texas Tech’s Saul among inductees
The Texas State Hall of Fame has announced the 2015 class of inductees into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame.
The class features the following people: Tracy Saul of Texas Tech, Norm DeBriyn from Arkansas, Billy Ray Brown from Houston, Baylor’s Thomas Everett, Ricky Pierce of Rice, Kyle O’Brien Stevens of Southern Methodist, Darrell Browder from Texas Christian, Anjanette Kirkland of Texas A&M and Carlette Guidry White from the University of Texas.
Sponsored by the TSHOF, the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame induction ceremony and luncheon will be at 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 5 at the Doubletree by Hilton in downtown Dallas.
Visit www.tshof.org/buy-tickets to reserve event tickets.
The Southwest Conference Hall of Fame is one of four separate halls of fame housed within the TSHOF, including the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame and the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame.
Thomas Everett played defensive back at Baylor with 12 interceptions and 325 tackles before going to the National Football League for a nine-year career.
Billy Ray Brown won the NCAA Division I championship as a freshman, and was tied for third at the 1990 United States Open.
Pierce played basketball at Rice, where he scored 1,847 points in three years before playing 16 seasons for eight National Basketball Association franchises.
Stevens was coach at Southern Methodist, and she was an All-American golfer for the Mustangs.
White was a 23-time All-American as an outstanding sprinter and jumper on the Longhorns’ women’s track and field team.
Kirkland was the most decorated female athlete in Texas A&M history as an eight-time All-American.
She specialized in hurdles for the Aggies.
Browder was a standout basketball player at Texas Christian, averaging 16.1 points per game. He was a first-time all-SWC selection three times.
Saul played for Texas Tech for four years, finishing with 317 tackles and 25 interceptions as both a safety and cornerback for the Red Raiders. He was a consensus all-SWC player all four years as a player.
Texas Sports Hall of Fame. (Photo provided by the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, 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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