SPORTS
STATE: League to study brains, track concussions
The University Interscholastic League, the sanctioning body for Texas high school athletics, has begun a registry designed to track brain injuries.
University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center’s Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute along with the UIL will monitor concussions across the state at UIL-member school student-athletes.
The data will contribute to concussion research, and it’s expected to provide a gauge for whether certain rules or equipment changes are improving player safety.
And that’s not just in football, but across a broad spectrum of sports.
“This is a groundbreaking initial step,” said Dr. Munro Cullum, professor of psychiatry, neurology and neurosurgery with the O’Donnell Brain Institute.
The ConTex registry will be used by all UIL member schools, which will include concussion cases reported by middle school and high school athletic trainers and other school personnel in all UIL-sanctioned athletic activities.
“The health and safety of our student participants is at the forefront of everything we do,” said UIL executive director Charles Breithaupt.
The UIL Medical Advisory Committee has been examining concussions since the group’s inception 15 years ago.
Breithaupt said the registry will provide valuable information in the study of concussions. The medical advisory committee recommended an injury data collection program to be used as a tool to improve player safety.
Dr. Cullum has been at the forefront of other concussion studies, and he published one last year finding National Football League players who lost consciousness due to concussions showed differences in brain structure later in life. Read more in the Dec. 31 Bowie News.
University Interscholastic League. (Logo provided by the UIL, used with permission)
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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