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STORM CENTER: Creedyn keeps on fighting
All of North Texas has rallied around now 11-month old Creedyn McClelland.
And another show of support will take place on Aug. 13 with the “Crush It for Creedyn” softball tournament at the Haggar Sports Complex off Mill Street in Bowie.
The tournament begins at 8 a.m., and all proceeds will go to support Creedyn as he battles a form of leukemia at Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth. He had been in remission, but returned to the hospital on June 20.
Creedyn was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), which is a type of cancer of both the blood and bone marrow according to the website: mayoclinic.org.
The word acute comes from the fact the disease spreads rapidly, like a California forest fire. Immature blood cells are created, and it affects all white blood cells.
According to the Mayo Clinic, ALL is the most common type of cancer in children, and treatments result in a “good chance for a cure.”
Let’s talk softball for a minute, and how the tournament came together.
“I work with Creedyn’s grandmother,” said Brooke Correll, a former all-district softball player at Wichita Falls Old High, “at Beyond Faith Homecare. I wanted to do something for the family.”
Correll works as a registered nurse at the facility.
Michelle Lopez, Creedyn’s grandmother, is an administrative assistant.
“It’s been amazing to see people come together (for Creedyn),” Lopez said. “It’s been great. I will be helping with the tournament wherever needed.”
So you’ll likely see Lopez helping to staff the concession stand and everything else.
Michelle Lopez reported her husband, Lee, will play on one of the nine teams that has already registered to participate. Read more in the Aug. 6 Bowie News.
There will be a benefit softball tournament for Creedyn McClelland at 8 a.m. on Saturday at the Haggar Sports Complex here in Bowie. (Courtesy photo)
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs had a good final non-district warm-up on Friday at home against Ector.
The Eagles beat the Bulldogs 69-63 in a game where Prairie Valley was trying to play catch up all the way through.
The Bulldogs were coming off a tough tournament at Electra the previous week to try and knock the holiday rust off. Prairie Valley was familiar with Ector, having played the team to start its season back in early November and was hoping to compete better than it did in that first game.
The Eagles came out firing, splashing five 3-pointers, including several deep ones, to go out to a 21-8 lead in the first quarter. Even with the Bulldogs changing out of their preferred zone defense, the 3-pointers continued a bit and opened things up inside the arc.
Thankfully, Prairie Valley’s offense came alive in the second quarter, scoring 18 points and cutting the lead down to 38-26 at halftime.
The third quarter was more of the same, though a different player for Ector started to get hot from beyond the arc. Even as the Bulldogs were able to keep up their offensive production from the second quarter, they could not break through and cut the game to single-digits, trailing 54-42 heading into the final period.
The fourth quarter saw Prairie Valley break through to cut it the lead to single-digits, but just not close enough. Every time the Bulldogs were on the cusp of making it a one or two basket game, the Eagles would make a shot to keep that distance.
In the end, the final score was the closest Prairie Valley got as Ector won 69-63.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians bounced back with a competitive district win at Petrolia on Friday.
The Indians won 60-53 against the Pirates in a game where the middle quarters took drastic swings in momentum.
Nocona was coming off its first district loss against Windthorst as the team sat a 1-1 district record.
Petrolia came into the game at 0-1, but had a bit more time to prepare for the game.
The first quarter was competitive, but the Indians were able to get to the free throw line at will and led 16-11.
Then Nocona’s pressure defense turned up its intensity in the second quarter.
“Our pressure seemed to disrupt them and we were able to get out in transition after forcing turnovers,” Coach Brody Wilson said.
Nocona scored 25 points and led 41-25 at halftime.
Unfortunately, that intensity did not keep up at the start of the third quarter for Nocona.
The Indians took their foot off the gas a little bit which allowed Petrolia’s offense to get back into the game and make up some of the deficit.
The Pirates outscored Nocona 15-7 and trailed only 48-40 heading into the final period.
Thankfully, the Indians bounced back and competed a bit better in the fourth quarter. Nocona was able to keep offensive pace to keep Petrolia at a bit of a distance instead of making it a one score game.
The Indians held on to win 60-53.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly Bowie News.
For more pictures from the Prairie Valley game, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6871971&T=1
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