SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Eckeberger plays in another all-star game
By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com
Gold-Burg High School graduate Madelyn Eckeberger will compete in her second girls’ all-star basketball game of the summer this weekend.
Eckeberger will play on the East squad in the Texas Six-Man Coaches Association all-star game set for D.L. Ligon Coliseum on the Midwestern State University campus in Wichita Falls. Tip-off is at noon.
“I’m glad I get this opportunity,” said Eckeberger. “All the hard work I put in has paid off.”
Eckeberger said she’s looking forward to playing a game at her future alma mater. Madelyn has enrolled in the nursing program at MSU.
Eckeberger produced a decorated season – named tournament most valuable player at Vernon yet again and she played in the Chicken Express All-Star Game this past March in Mineral Wells.
Overall, Eckeberger was a second-team District 1A-21 selection and scored 351 points in 29 games for the Lady Bears. She averaged 6.3 rebounds per contest.
Eckeberger is no stranger to the Texas 6-Man games – watching Bellevue’s Brandt Cassetty play in one several years ago – and aspiring to do the same.
“I’ve wanted to play in this game since I was a freshman,” said Eckeberger. Read more in the July 12 Bowie News.
Gold-Burg’s Madelyn Eckeberger dribbles during a Saint Jo Tournament game from the 2016-17 season. Eckeberger will play in the Texas Six-Man Coaches Association all-star girls’ basketball game at noon on Saturday. (News file photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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