Sheridan basketball coach Bill Bowen speaks to Lions Club following his first year at helm
By CHUCK GODBY
For The Reporter
After 16 seasons as the varsity basketball coach at Hamilton Heights, and six at Tri-Central, Hamilton County Hall-of-Famer Bill Bowen was set to retire. Then the job many thought he should have gotten in the first place years ago opened up and he took it.
Bowen recently completed his first season coaching at his alma mater, leading Sheridan to a 10-win varsity campaign, which is just its sixth double-digit win total in the last 20 years. The Blackhawks also posted a 18-4 junior varsity record, lifting hopes for a promising basketball future.
The coach addressed the Sheridan Lions Club as its guest speaker at its March 15 meeting, recapping the 2022-23 campaign and speaking optimistically of the program’s future, which includes creating a winning basketball culture and utilizing the new fieldhouse currently under construction.
In other business, members learned their annual pancake breakfast served approximately 350 paying customers and several more youngsters who ate free of charge. It was one of the better turnouts in recent years.
The Sheridan Lions next project is “Join the Fight to Beat Cancer.” They are joining forces with Phi Beta Psi Sorority to host a community pork loin dinner. Proceeds from the dinner go toward community support and cancer research.
The dinner, open to the public, will be held Saturday, April 15, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Sheridan Community Center. Tickets for adults are $11, $5 for children and kids under 3 eat free. The menu includes: pork loin, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, broccoli salad, slaw, applesauce, cornbread with honey butter, homemade desserts, lemonade, iced tea and water.