SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Longhorns open with Notre Dame
By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com
The Forestburg High School football team will have an interesting quirk in its 2017 schedule.
See, the Longhorns play a rare football home-and-home with Wichita Falls Notre Dame as part of this year’s slate.
Notre Dame visits Forestburg for the season-opener on Sept. 1, and the teams play each other again in Wichita Falls on Sept. 29.
“It’s different to play the same team twice during the regular season,” said first-year head coach Thomas Tritz. “But, I think it’s going to be a benefit for us.”
The reason why Forestburg will play Notre Dame twice is that Fort Worth Nazarene, of Crowley, dropped the Longhorns from their schedule.
Forestburg has three straight games at home to open the schedule, with Strawn on Sept. 8 and Weatherford Christian Sept. 15. Read more in the June 14 Bowie News.
FOOTBALL
Championship Trails
August
Scrimmages
Aug. 18, at Fort Worth Covenant Classical, 6 p.m.; 25, Tioga, 7 p.m.
September
Regular Season
1, Wichita Falls Notre Dame; 8, Strawn; 15, Weatherford Christian; 22, at Gordon; 29, at Wichita Falls Notre Dame
October
6, at Savoy; 13, at Newcastle (*); 20, Saint Jo (^); 27, Idle
November
3, at Bryson; 10, Gold-Burg
Editor’s Note: All regular-season games will feature a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.
* District 12-1A-I opener
^ Homecoming game.
New Forestburg head football coach and athletic director Thomas Tritz, who was most recently at Wellman-Union. (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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