SPORTS
1A CROSS COUNTRY: Area schools have trouble with crowd
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
The atmosphere changes when you go from running in a small community like Poolville to a grandiose regional meet in Grand Prairie.
Area Conference 1A cross country runners discovered that during Saturday’s Region 3 meet at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie.
None of the runners from Bellevue, Forestburg, Saint Jo and Prairie Valley qualified for the state meet at Old Settlers’ Park in Round Rock – but many of them gained the necessary experience to give it another try in 2015.
Ashley Reyling of Saint Jo came closest on the girls’ side, clocking in at 14 minutes, 10.05 seconds, which was good enough for 39th in a field of 138 runners.
“We didn’t perform as well as we hoped,” Saint Jo head coach Glenn Boerger said. “I was proud of the effort of all of the Saint Jo runners at regionals and all season. All of our participants are underclassmen, so this experience should benefit them next season.”
Bellevue’s Kyle Waller, who claimed the district title on Oct. 22 at Willa Walla Shooting Range in Dye Mound, was the closest boy – taking 47th in a time of 19:36.85.
Bellevue coach Colby Broussard said the Eagles have run at Lynn Creek before, it’s just the course has a different atmosphere – on a unique tree-lined course designed to lessen the impact of wind on the competitors. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News.
Juan Sanchez from Saint Jo runs during the Conference 1A, Region 3 meet at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie on Nov. 1. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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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