Woodrow Wilson began practice last month with 75 players, including 32 on the varsity level.
Mac Hill is the front-runner to start at quarterback, says veteran offensive coordinator Ron Elliot.
“It’s been typical of preseason practices so far,” Elliot says. “Some of the guys are in great shape, while others could have trained harder during the summer. All in all, our offense is a little behind our defense, but that’s typical at this time of the year.”
For first-year assistant football coach Gayla Collinsworth, the first two weeks of practice has been an enjoyable learning experience.
“You feel like you live here almost,” says Collinsworth, who also will coach team tennis this fall.
“I’m learning a lot about the individual players, loading the ball machine and scouting. Having a woman coach is no big deal to our players.”
News & Notes
The Ethel Daniels Foundation of East Dallas, a non-profit organization that helps individuals recover from chemical addiction, is sponsoring a Run for Recovery Sept. 11. The first-year event will feature a four-mile tune-up run and one-mile run and walk. Former Cowboys Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson and D.D. Lewis will start the four-mile run at 8:05 a.m. All race participants will receive a T-shirt and can attend a post-race party with selected door prizes. For more information, call Charles Keen at 821-5804.
Woodrow’s summer baseball team, the Group One Wildcats, finished the season with a 15-1 record.
Sixty-four-year-old Woodrow graduate Bob Rawlins, a Dallas veteran of amateur and pro golf on the national level, torched the Creek Course at Prestonwood Country Club for a five-under-par 66 recently to lead 177 players in U.S. Senior Open qualifying. Rawlins won the 1984 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship.
Woodrow finished fourth among Class 4A schools in the 1992-93 Dallas Morning News All-Sports Award Competition. The newspaper honors overall achievement by a school’s athletic programs. The Class 4A winner was Highland Park, and District 11-4A rival Hillcrest finished third.
