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MARTIAL ARTS: Browns inducted
Scott and Teresa Brown were honored during the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Aug. 8.
The Browns are former Bowie residents, and taught in the Bowie Independent School District system.
Scott Brown taught chemistry and physics at Bowie High School while Teresa Brown was a first grade and eighth-grade science instructor.
The Browns opened Bowie Bushido Kai, their first martial arts school, in January 2000. Twelve students have been promoted to black belt level since it started.
Bowie Bushido Kai is still active at Carter Lake Road Church of Christ under the direction of Scott and Nichole Hackney.
The Browns both were recently promoted to eighth-degree black belt and the rank of Kyoshi Sensei. They were named male and female Martial Arts Masters of the Year for 2015.
The couple also was recognized for their nonprofit ministry Wansai International’s use of the martial arts in benevolences and evangelism. They have put on assemblies around the world and martial arts demonstrations to raise funds for relief efforts.
The Browns provide school supplies, food, clothing and medical needs for indigent children.
The couple has spent 65 years combined in the martial arts, and they currently live in Gladewater. Daughters Erin and Kyrie are black belts as well. They instruct students in Samurai Jujitsu at classes twice per week.
Teresa Brown (left) and Scott Brown were both inducted into the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame. The Browns are former Bowie residents. (Courtesy photo)
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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