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STORM CENTER COLUMN: Screening is a matter of heart
Okay, the sports editor wants you to pause before continuing to read this column.
Listen to the beat of your heart.
That’s one thing we take for granted, the simple beat of our heart, which helps us all sustain our lives.
Around Montague County, the sports editor watches as high school athletes pour their hearts out into every sport imaginable – from football and volleyball in the fall, through basketball in winter and current spring sports such as tennis and baseball.
The Texas State House has tentatively passed legislation, called House Bill No. 767, which would require “cardiac assessments of participants in extra-curricular activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League.”
Wayne Smith, R-Baytown, created the bill which has passed the House twice on April 13 and April 14. The measure has since been sent to the Public Education Committee for discussion and examination, and the Senate still has yet to vote on the matter.
HB 767 was first filed back in January.
Scott Stephens, the father of deceased former Crosby football player Cody Stephens, has pushed for legislation since the death of his son from a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM, for short).
Stephens, who stood 6-foot-9 and weighed 290 pounds, died from Sudden Cardiac Death while taking a nap. He was also set to play as an offensive lineman for Tarleton State University in Stephenville, earning a scholarship to the school. Read more of this column 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.
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SPORTS
Bowie Sports Banquet
The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.
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Chisholm Trail Rodeo entertains crowd
The 72nd Chisholm Trail Rodeo was a big success on Friday and Saturday nights at Nocona.
The rodeo had big crowds and saw some good competition from both local and far reaching talent.
Winners in the events included Zach Hibler in bareback riding, Lindsey Muggli in barrel racing, Ashley Goforth in breakaway roping, Leanardo Lima in bull riding, Cody McCartney in calf roping, Thomas Moellering in ranch bronc riding, Wacey Hathcock in saddle bronc riding, Renato Finazzi in steer wrestling, Rowdy Jones and Rance Doyal in team roping.
To see full results and more pictures, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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Saint Jo pair heading back to state tennis
The regional tennis tournaments were late last week in North Richland Hills and a doubles team is moving on to state.
The Saint Jo girl’s doubles team Kyler Dunn and Taylor Patrick won the 1A region III tournament and will return to state for the second straight year.
The pair rolled through teams from Morgan, Dodd City, Priddy before beating a Graford team in the finals. The pair did not lose a set and only lost five of the 53 games it played, never losing more than one in a set.
The team made it to state last year after finishing second at regionals and won a match at the state meet against a team from Vernon Northside. They then lost to the eventual state champion team from Utopia and finished tied for third place.
They will be the only tennis players from Montague County playing at state this week as others did not have as successful regional tournament.
The Saint Jo teammates and fellow girl’s doubles team Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson won their first match against Ector 6-1, 6-4, but fell in their next match against Lometa, 6-1, 6-1.
From Prairie Valley, Case Carpenter was competing in boy’s singles. His first match was a draining two and half hour battle against a player from Strawn Carpenter came through in the three-set battle, winning 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
Unfortunately, the magic was not there in the second game. Paired against the eventual tournament champion from Gustine, Carpenter lost 6-0, 6-1.
From Gold-Burg, Alyson Rojas and Jimena Garcia competed in girl’s singles. Rojas won her first match against a girl from Avinger 7-6, 6-2. Unfortunately, the next match she lost to a girl from Graford 6-0, 6-0 to end her tournament.
Garcia lost a tough first match against a player from Ector. Both sets could have gone either way with the scores being 6-4, 7-5 to the winner.
The mixed doubles team from Forestburg, Jesse Wadsworth and Alli Cisneros, also did not make it through.
From Nocona, Kaygan Stone was playing in the girl’s singles 2A region II tournament.
Unfortunately, she got paired against the player who would go on to win the tournament in the first round to end her season.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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