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STORM CENTER: Mason shows resolve
Forestburg High School girls’ basketball player MaKayla Mason was preparing for a family vacation, but what she ended up with was a different type of extended stay.
Mason said she felt tired during Forestburg’s 2014 track and field season. She said she was irritable all the time, and she also was quite thirsty.
“I was grumpy all the time, and I drank a lot of water,” Mason said. “I remember losing 20-25 pounds. I didn’t feel good.
“I was, first, like okay, what’s going on?” Mason continued. “I needed answers.”
Bags were packed for a family trip to Port Aransas, located in southern Texas.
Instead, Mason went for a check-up at a clinic in Boyd, and it was there she was told to go to Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth.
During a June night, Dr. Michael Willcutts officially diagnosed Mason with Type I diabetes, commonly referred to a juvenile diabetes.
“I was lucky,” said Mason, who received medical treatment at the right time, and it very well could have saved her life.
At the time of her diagnosis, Mason’s blood sugar count was nearly six times more than the normal of 100 mg/DL. She said she remembers seeing other diabetes patients with counts at more than 1,000. Read more in the Jan. 30 Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Forestburg’s MaKayla Mason has battled Type I diabetes to become one of the top basketball players in the county. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
New Saint Jo Boy’s Basketball Coach Terry McLennan said the school’s family atmosphere is what prompted him to join the Panther family.
“This is an opportunity to be an important program but also part of a great community,” McLennan said. “I’ve been looking to get back to a small town environment like the one I grew up in and played ball and this should do that.”
McLennan played basketball in Hubbard outside of Waco. McLennan comes to town after being the assistant girl’s basketball coach in Grand Prairie.
McLennan contends he’s a defensive style of coach but says his team will focus on intensity.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Boy’s Basketball Coach Terry McLennan said the school’s family atmosphere is what prompted him to join the Panther family.
“This is an opportunity to be an important program but also part of a great community,” McLennan said. “I’ve been looking to get back to a small town environment like the one I grew up in and played ball and this should do that.”
McLennan played basketball in Hubbard outside of Waco. McLennan comes to town after being the assistant girl’s basketball coach in Grand Prairie.
McLennan contends he’s a defensive style of coach but says his team will focus on intensity.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After some coaching time in East Texas, Bret Botard will be the new girl’s basketball coach at Bowie.
Botard said it’s a chance to work with Bowie Athletic Director Tyler Price once again. Price was Botard’s assistant when he coached at Nocona.
“I wanted to get back into the area,” Botard said. “It’s a good community.”
Botard graduated high school in 1995 from Del Valle High School, outside Austin, and went to Texas Tech. He started his coaching career in Lubbock followed by returning to his alma mater where he was an assistant for his high school coach.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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