SPORTS
STORM CENTER: Hoops season is here
Welcome to the time of year that causes sports editors’ heads to spin.
And some local coaches are also experiencing the same thing.
“We had another good practice,” said Saint Jo head girls’ basketball coach Kyle Sivadon. “Now I’m going to scout one of our district teams playing in Wichita Falls. I love this crazy, busy time of year.”
That’s what Sivadon shared on his Facebook page, and it’s so true.
For Forestburg, the school is having a hard time dealing with the transition from so-called fall sports to winter ones.
That’s because the Longhorn football team is still in the playoffs – set for a Conference 1A Division II area game at Chillicothe next Thursday, Nov. 19.
Forestburg’s volleyball team also is meeting with much success, and the Lady Horns played No. 1 Kopperl in the regional semifinals Friday.
The Bowie football team was in the playoffs as the Jackrabbits traveled to Stephenville for a Conference 3A Division I bi-district game against Clyde.
Bowie was looking for its first postseason football win in more than a decade.
In addition to Forestburg in volleyball, Bowie and Saint Jo had postseason matches. The Lady Rabbits lost in four games to Gunter. Saint Jo had Graford on the ropes before falling in five sets.
One fall sport has already wrapped up as Nocona’s Maria Hernandez represented not only her school, but the entire county at the University Interscholastic League state cross country championship.
Hernandez took 32nd, and we happy for her success as a freshman runner.
Other schools are busily preparing for the start of basketball season.
On Tuesday evening, Bowie played host to Godley and Burleson in a scrimmage. The Bowie boys had a scrimmage at Keene yesterday, and another one is scheduled for today at Wichita Falls Rider High School. Read more in the weekend Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Bowie center/forward Madison Hill sets an effective screen on a player from Godley as the Lady Rabbits had a three-team scrimmage at the high school. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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