SPORTS
STORM CENTER: For everyone, a time to train
Today marks the day. Both the Minnesota Vikings and the Pittsburgh Steelers are the first two teams to open up training camp as the National Football League season officially kicks off.
The Vikings train at Minnesota State University located in Mankato, Minn. That’s where Facebook friend Madison Alexander competes on the women’s track and field team.
The Steelers, fresh off giving head coach Mike Tomlin an extension to his contract through the 2018 season, will be at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa.
On Wednesday, July 29, the Dallas Cowboys will open up training camp in Oxnard, Calif.
First off, I think it’s ludicrous for the Cowboys to venture all the way to California for their training sessions.
It’s a slap in the face to the great state of Texas. Why can’t the Cowboys simply have camp somewhere here in the state?
Hey, why not have it at climate-controlled AT&T Stadium in Arlington?
Here’s a history of training camp sites for the ‘Boys.
Believe it or not, would anyone remember the first Cowboys’ camp in 1960 actually took place at Pacific University in Forest Grove, an Oregon community which today has a population of 21,083 inhabitants?
From the book “Landry’s Boys” by Peter Golenbock, the scene is described like this.
“(Tom) Landry intended to run a boot camp, and Forest Grove was the perfect place to conduct it away from any distractions,” Golenbock says in his book.
“The town had one movie theater and one bar,” continues Golenbock. “Nearby was a maraschino cherry factory. The sweet, syrupy aroma permeated the place as the players sweated under clear, blue skies.”
Does it bother you the Cowboys don’t train in Texas? Or are you okay with it? Let me know.
Drop me a line at: bnewssports@gmail.com.
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Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
The Alamodome in San Antonio has served as the site for Dallas Cowboys training camp off and on in recent years. (Courtesy photo provided by The Alamodome)
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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