SPORTS
BOWIE ALL-SPORTS BANQUET: Whitaker has ‘Spirit’
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
Bowie resident Carla Whitaker is typically responsible for organizing the Bowie High School All-Sports Banquet.
For her years of service to Bowie athletics, Whitaker was awarded the Jackrabbit Spirit during Monday’s banquet at the Community Center.
“I’ve done the sports banquet since around 1987, 1988,” said Whitaker. “I get the decorations, help with the pictures, and I find the caterer.”
Scott Whitaker and Cory Whitaker, Carla’s children, are Bowie High graduates. Cory, who is self-employed these days, was a top basketball player for the Jackrabbits during the mid-1990s and he was known as a shooting specialist.
“I’m thrilled to be able to do something for the Jackrabbits and Lady Rabbits,” Carla said.
FANS OF THE YEAR
Tracy and Norman Vaughan were named the fans of the year. Zeke Vaughan, Tracy and Norman’s son, recently represented the Jackrabbits at the University Interscholastic League state track and field meet in the high jump.
“It was very humbling,” Norman said, “when they said it. I could think of at least seven couples who were deserving; it took us by surprise we were honored.”
The Vaughans have five children in all. Marcus and Wesley Vaughan were both hurdlers in track and field, and that spurned Zeke on to the event. Read more, and see a complete list of award winners, in the weekend Bowie News.
Coach Colby Davis-Pastusek (left) smiles with Courtney Brady, who was named most valuable player for the girls’ basketball team this season. Brady was an all-state selection, and team captain on the All-Montague County team in The Bowie News. (Courtesy photo)
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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