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STORM CENTER: Double up on success
Nocona’s Tanner Fenoglio played high school basketball for the Indians, and he represented the school at the state tournament in golf.
These days, Tanner has shown success in a different arena – the music world – as a growing county star.
Currently, Fenoglio has an album which is faring well on various music popularity charts called “This Town.” The CD features songs including “Cheap Gasoline,” “This Ain’t The Movies” and “Two-Light Town.”
Fenoglio cut the record in Fort Worth, playing a sunburnt Ibanez acoustic guitar he picked up when he was a high school student.
These tracks are straight Texas country. And one thing I’ve learned since living here is that Texas country and mainstream country are two entirely different musical genres.
It’s few and far between that people have success in both sports and music, but this column will explore one incredibly talented man.
My favorite song all time was written by a football player. Yes, you heard right, a football player.
Former Cincinnati Bengal and Penn State University standout Mike Reid co-wrote with Allen Shamblin a Bonnie Raitt tune from 1991 called, “I Can’t Make You Love Me.”
Remember that song, readers?
It was the third single off Raitt’s album, “Luck of the Draw.” The track reached the top-20 of the Billboard Magazine Hot 100 and it also was a top-10 adult contemporary piece.
In August of 2000, “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” was voted the eighth-best track in Mojo Magazine’s 100 Greatest Songs of All-Time. Read more from this column in the June 10 Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Here are the four people responsible for my favorite song, “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” (from left) Don Was, Allen Shamblin, Bonnie Raitt and former National Football League player Mike Reid. (Courtesy photo from Stereogum website)
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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