FOOTBALL: Lamar to honor West in opener
Published 8:39 pm Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Former Port Arthur News sports editor Bob West will be honored during the coin toss at Lamar’s season opener against Kentucky Christian on Sept. 1.
West will be the first honoree in a series called “Legends of the Golden Triangle.” He is being honored for his 50-plus years in sports journalism, 43 of which he spent as the News’ sports editor (1972-2015).
A member for Museum of the Gulf Coast Sports Hall of Fame, West organized 13 PA News Homecoming Roasts between 1988 and 2016 and was twice named Texas Sportswriter of the Year by the Texas High School Coaches Association and twice the winner of the Fred Hartman Excellence in Sportswriting Award by the Texas Press Association.
Other “Legends of the Golden Triangle” have yet to be announced.
— I.C. Murrell
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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