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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Workman suffers a rehab setback
Brandon Workman’s recovery from Tommy John surgery hit a snag last week.
Workman, pitching for the Single-A Lowell Spinners in Massachusetts on July 8, was roughed up and apparently suffered yet another injury.
The Spinners are a short-season affiliate of the Boston Red Sox playing in the New York-Penn League.
Workman entered a game versus the Connecticut Tigers in the sixth inning, and he allowed four straight opponents to reach base.
He yielded a single, and then another batter reached on an error by Spinners’ shortstop Carlos Tovar. That was followed by a walk and another single.
Workman then worked Tiger batter Blaise Salter to a 3-1 count before leaving the game with an injury.
Spinners trainer Scott Gallon, manager Iggy Suarez and pitching coach Lance Carter all went to the mound to check on the former Bowie High School standout.
Workman was then brought back to the dugout.
He was eventually charged with four runs (three earned) on two hits and two walks – taking the loss as the Tigers defeated the Spinners 5-2.
“He kind of just felt something on his side,” Suarez said to Matt Langone of the Lowell Sun newspaper, “so it was precautionary to get him out before it got any worse.” It was later determined Workman suffered a strained oblique. Read the July 20 Bowie News for more.
Boston Red Sox pitcher Brandon Workman. (Photo courtesy Boston Red Sox media relations)
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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