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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: ‘Buckle Up’ for excitement
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@gmail.com
Lane Fenoglio was a soon-to-be sophomore at Nocona High School when she was killed in a traffic accident on July 11, 1998.
Fenoglio wasn’t wearing her seat belt.
Lane’s mother, Janna, has been on a crusade to advocate for the use of seat belts by drivers and passengers alike in motor vehicles ever since.
“Unfortunately, there are people who still don’t take the time to buckle up,” said Janna, who also works in the insurance business for Sewell-Uselton in Nocona and Ken Blanton Insurance in Gainesville.
This weekend, there was a rollover accident in rural Nocona, and Jalyn Blevins was able to walk away healthy because she was wearing her seat belt, said Janna Fenoglio.
This Thursday and Saturday, the 16th Annual Buckle Up For Lane’s Sake Tournament is set to honor the memory of Lane Fenoglio, who was a member of the Lady Indian junior varsity volleyball team at the time of her passing. She played setter.
“I am elated we have had this tournament keep going,” Janna Fenoglio said. “The dream has continued. I know we wouldn’t have been able to pull it off without the help of our community.”
Scores of volunteers help make the tournament tick.
There are several new teams in the field this year, including Gold-Burg, Saginaw and Whitewright, Munday and Christ Academy of Wichita Falls. Read more, and see the pool play bracket, in the mid-week Bowie News.
Lane Fenoglio, who was a Nocona setter on the junior varsity team back in 1997, has had a volleyball tournament in her honor for the past 16 years. (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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