Track and field: Inaugural track meet honors former coach

Bubba Joiner touched a lot of lives in his 37 years in coaching, and now some of his former co-workers are paying him back. Joiner, who coached football and track at Liberty Christian for six years until retiring in 2006, passed away in 2008 after a battle with cancer. Joiner spent three decades in the Austin ISD and coached one season at Ryan as the secondary coach in 1998. Today will mark the first Bubba Joiner Invitational at Liberty Christian, which will host eight boys teams and seven girls teams from around the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including local schools Denton, Sanger and Lake Dallas. Greenhill, Cistercian, Arlington Oakridge and Plano Prestonwood will also be on hand.