SPORTS
STORM CENTER: TCU doesn’t look No. 2
The Bowie News sports editor was all set to anoint the Texas Christian University football team as his dark horse pick to compete in the national championship game this year.
But, after Thursday night’s slim 23-17 victory over Big 10 school Minnesota, I’m not having a such a good feeling about it.
I watched part of the game here in Bowie, and I didn’t completely like what I saw.
Because of last night’s Bowie High School junior varsity maroon game, I was only able to see the second through fourth quarters. But, I saw highlights of the first quarter.
Despite my skittish feelings, there were plenty of laurels to go around.
Defensive end Terrell Lathan registered a quarterback sack in the first quarter, stripping Minnesota quarterback Mitch Leidner in the process.
Fellow Horned Frog defensive end Josh Carraway picked it up – and that set up a 10-0 lead in favor of the purple people in the opening frame.
Derrick Kindred forced a fumble in the second quarter, and that helped TCU maintain its double-digit lead.
Quarterback Trevone Boykin, who struggled at times, finally broke free on a 19-yard touchdown scamper in the third quarter.
Boykin is a dual-threat quarterback, and he showed his running ability on this play.
Overall, Boykin accounted for 246 yards passing on 26-of-42 attempts with a TD through the air. He rushed for 92 yards overall, too.
To his credit, Boykin knows the Horned Frogs are in the crosshairs of most teams. Read more of this column in the weekend Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: Please take a look at Page Six in this weekend’s Bowie News for a special page, a Big 12 preview courtesy of our partners at Athlon Sports. Have a safe Labor Day weekend. The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Texas Christian University Horned Frogs. (Logo provided by the university, 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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