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STORM CENTER: Fantasy of Lights in timeline form
The first-year Bowie News sports editor covered the 34th annual Fantasy of Lights Tournament, a basketball cornucopia, on Saturday throughout the day.
The Fantasy of Lights was the brainchild of the late John Seddon back in the early-1980s as a fundraiser for the Southwest Kiwanis Club.
Seddon loved basketball, and his passion has spread to others such as Carmen Lozipone, Terry Shelton and Brent Spray – today’s tournament caretakers.
After the Southwest Kiwanis Club disbanded, Seddon approached the Retired School Teacher Association about maintaining the tournament, and they did.
This information was culled from: www.fantasyoflights.org.
Overall, our area teams fared quite well at the tournament.
The Bowie girls and Bellevue boys were runner-ups in the large school girls’ and small school boys’ divisions, respectively.
Nocona’s boys placed fourth in the small school boys’ division, and Bellevue’s girls won two games and earned ninth-place in a 12-team field.
There were 15 teams in the large school girls’ division, so what the Lady Rabbits accomplished last weekend was certainly remarkable. Bowie was the smallest school in the large school girls’ bracket.
There were 12 schools in the small school boys’ division. We had two teams finish among the best. That’s what I like to see.
I ultimately decided to cover Saturday’s games, rather than go both days. I figured it would be better to cram all the basketball I could handle in one day. See the complete timeline 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.
Bowie’s Courtney Brady (left) and Kamryn Cantwell were named to the Fantasy of Lights Tournament team last Saturday at D.L. Ligon Coliseum on the Midwestern State University campus in Wichita Falls. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
Nocona’s volleyball team headed to Bowie for a three-team scrimmage with the host team and Ponder Aug. 7.
Each team played the other two for 30 minutes in the Lady Rabbit gym. Lady Indian Coach Sandy Langford said she thought things went well for a first scrimmage.
“Just like any young team that is trying to find itself in a first scrimmage, We looked really good at times and at others not so much,” Langford said. “We’re forming a new team after losing a lot of seniors.”
Langford said the squad would have one thing go wrong and it would explode into several things. That will need to stop for a successful year in Langford’s mind.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s tennis team is now 3-3 for the non-district campaign with a 1-2 week.
In the Rabbits’ home opener Aug. 5 against Graham, Bowie posted a 13-6 match win with the girls completing a 9-0 sweep.
Jessi Mayfield and Angeles Alvarez won 9-8 (7-4) while Payton Goodwin and Maddie Schwarz were 8-1 winners as were Avery DeWeber and Avery Bonham.
In girl’s singles Willow Seibert won 8-2 in No.1 1 singles. Goodwin and Mayfield were each 8-5 winners. Alvarez posted an 8-1 win. Schwarz won 9-8 (8-5) with Deweber taking an 8-2 decision.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Two major portions of Nocona’s 2023 bond issue are very close to being completed.
The new high school gym should be complete in time for the volleyball team to begin practice there Aug. 1, according to Superintendent Dr. David Waters. Ground on the 22,000 square foot facility was broken on Oct. 18, 2024.
Waters said a punch list meeting with the construction manager was scheduled for earlier this week with final touchups expected shortly afterwards. Fans should be able to enjoy the facility for the volleyball team’s season opener Aug. 11.
Fans will enjoy the new gym from entering the facility which has glass walls, enabling fans to watch the game from the foyer. Once inside the gym itself, there is stadium, chair back seating on the home side allowing for a much more comfortable experience.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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