SPORTS
STORM CENTER: Oil Bowl trumps it all
Welcome to Oil Bowl week here in North Texas.
The 78th annual Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl Classic is set to take place today at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls.
Bowie’s David Correa is the lone representative from Montague County this year.
The sports editor is a big fan of Shrine Bowl all-star football games, which take place all over the nation.
When I lived in Kansas, I covered a couple of Shrine Bowls, and I have also reported on them in Iowa.
The Shriners Hospital for Children is my favorite charity organization.
According to its Form 990 in April 2009, the hospital endowment was more than $5 billion. A Form 990 is an annual reporting return that certain federally tax-exempt groups must file with the Internal Revenue Service.
Children with orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate are eligible for care and receive all services in a family environment.
That’s regardless of the patients’ ability to pay, and whether or not the family has any affiliation with the Shriners or other Freemasonry.
After last year’s game, current Texas Lutheran quarterback Garland McCoy said it was “very emotional” watching a video about the impact the Shriners Hospitals For Children has.
The first Shriners hospital opened in 1922 in Shreveport, La., providing pediatric orthopedic care. Today, there are more than 20 centers in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
In the state of Texas, hospitals are located in both Galveston and Houston. The center in Galveston has a reputation for caring for children that are burn victims. 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.
Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl. (Graphic provided by the Maskat Shrine, no copyright infringement inferred)
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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