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STORM CENTER: No offseason in news cycle
“When you’re not practicing, remember, someone, somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him, he will win.”
That above quote was said by former National Basketball Association player Ed Macauley, who played for the Boston Celtics and a pair of St. Louis franchises – including the forerunner of the modern Atlanta Hawks.
Macauley, nicknamed “Easy Ed,” was the youngest male player ever inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame at 32 years old.
After his basketball career, Macauley was ordained a deacon in the Catholic church and co-authored books. Ed was tall for a 1950s hoop star, standing 6-foot-8½. He scored 11,234 points in 10 NBA seasons.
What Macauley said holds complete merit.
Why? Simple, it’s the kind of quote that says one must always work hard. As the grandson of a brick and cement mason, I understood the value of hard work from an early age.
Earlier this month, a person unknown to me said with the sports season winding down, maybe I’ll be able to wind down.
I smiled, but then I said “there’s no offseason for me.”
That’s so true. The next news cycle is in sight. The next deadline looms on the horizon line.
In the next couple of weeks, I’ll be helping write stories for the Montague County Guide, which will include a story on hunting and fishing opportunities here.
During the month of June, the sports editor will be busy taking photographs of summer camps.
This week, I emailed school administration to find out coaching changes that took place throughout the region.
Look for feature stories on new coaches coming to school districts here in future weeks.
There’s a general story on coaching changes in this edition of The Bowie News. For the second straight year, there’s plenty of turnover in Nocona. Saint Jo and Gold-Burg have two major changes each. Read more of this column in the weekend Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Last year at this time, The Bowie News staff worked in a temporary office at 318 Sanders in Bowie. It’s amazing how much of a difference one year can make. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Nocona got its new press box into place this week at Jack Crane Stadium. The old press box, which was in place for more than 60 years, was taken out in early June and moved to Indian Valley Raceway. The new press box was by the Southern Bleacher Company out of Graham. Athletic Director Black Crutsinger said they looked at a lot of press boxes and decided they liked the one at Lindsay High School and went with that model. Sean Hutson operated the crane from the Hurd Crane Service that put the press box up for Nocona.
Sunset native Cason Richey (right) and his team roping partner Beldon Cox from Weatherford repeated as the International Finals Youth Rodeo champions last weekend at Shawnee, OK. Richey and Cox won the previous year and were able to complete the repeat by catching three steers in a combined time of 16.6 seconds. Richey is expected to compete attend Texas Tech University this fall and compete on the rodeo team.
The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo had its awards ceremony this week, giving out plaques and buckles to the top competitors throughout the summer season.
There were four age categories with five events to compete in for the young athletes.
Along with the best results in each event, at the end the overall best cowboy and cowgirl in each age division was awarded as well.
The lead line division, in which an adult helps the young competitors, saw Rylee Stewart win the first in poles, barrel racing and mystery event on her way to win top cowgirl.
Hattie Snow got the fastest time in the flags event and Lany Shupak got the fastest goat time. Riggin Bishop got named the top cowboy in the division.
In the eight-and-under division, Whitley Goins won the top cowgirl and Trell Carpenter won top cowboy. Goins got the fastest times in barrel racing, flags and mystery event. Carpenter got the fastest time in poles and goats.
In the 9-12 age division, Sage Keck won the top cowgirl while Chisum Carpenter won the top cowboy. Keck got the fastest times in four of the five divisions. Only Layna Taylor getting the fastest goat time prevented her from winning in a clean sweep.
In the 13-18 age division, Tess Egenbacher won the top overall cowgirl award.
Kiley McCracken won both the barrel racing and flags event. Emma Strahan won the poles and mystery event. Hadlee Bryan won the goats event.
There was no top overall cowboy in the age division.
To see the times for the winners of each event in all four age categories along with pictures of all of the top cowboys and cowgirls, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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