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STORM CENTER: Travel always part of athletics
Last Friday night, the parents of four North Central Texas College softball players received news they didn’t want to hear.
Parents learned their daughters – Brooke Deckard, 20, Scurry; Jaiden Pelton, 20, Telephone; Meagan Richardson, 19, of Wylie; and Katelyn Woodlee, 18, of Windom – were dead.
The story first broke during the second half of last week’s football games.
I was on the home sideline watching Nocona take on Henrietta at Jack Crain Stadium when I received tweets on my Twitter account.
A tractor-trailer crossed a median and plowed into the side of North Central Texas College’s activity vehicle.
In addition to the four dead, there were more than one dozen women injured.
The accident occurred south of Davis on Interstate-35.
It’s a road I’ve traveled many times, and I’m sure you have, too. After all, the road connects Dallas with Oklahoma City, two of this area’s largest hubs. Read more in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.
A scholarship fund called Angels in the Infield has been created at North Central Texas College to honor the memory of the four young women, softball players killed last weekend in the tragic bus accident that also injured 15 people. (Graphic from NCTC website)
New Saint Jo Boy’s Basketball Coach Terry McLennan said the school’s family atmosphere is what prompted him to join the Panther family.
“This is an opportunity to be an important program but also part of a great community,” McLennan said. “I’ve been looking to get back to a small town environment like the one I grew up in and played ball and this should do that.”
McLennan played basketball in Hubbard outside of Waco. McLennan comes to town after being the assistant girl’s basketball coach in Grand Prairie.
McLennan contends he’s a defensive style of coach but says his team will focus on intensity.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Boy’s Basketball Coach Terry McLennan said the school’s family atmosphere is what prompted him to join the Panther family.
“This is an opportunity to be an important program but also part of a great community,” McLennan said. “I’ve been looking to get back to a small town environment like the one I grew up in and played ball and this should do that.”
McLennan played basketball in Hubbard outside of Waco. McLennan comes to town after being the assistant girl’s basketball coach in Grand Prairie.
McLennan contends he’s a defensive style of coach but says his team will focus on intensity.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After some coaching time in East Texas, Bret Botard will be the new girl’s basketball coach at Bowie.
Botard said it’s a chance to work with Bowie Athletic Director Tyler Price once again. Price was Botard’s assistant when he coached at Nocona.
“I wanted to get back into the area,” Botard said. “It’s a good community.”
Botard graduated high school in 1995 from Del Valle High School, outside Austin, and went to Texas Tech. He started his coaching career in Lubbock followed by returning to his alma mater where he was an assistant for his high school coach.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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