Scurry-Rosser Coach Remains in Critical Condition

DALLAS — A “normal, routine” play under Friday night lights put a well-known coach in the hospital, and there’s an update on Mark “Papa” Bachtel. Bachtel is still listed as critical after hitting his head on the ground when players ran over him during a game between Scurry-Rosser and Malakoff High Schools last week. Bachtel’s son is Scurry-Rosser’s head coach and says the players are not to blame. The Dallas Morning News quotes the elder Bachtel’s sons as saying they have seen some progress in his condition — but that head trauma cases can be a waiting game. “Papa” Bachtel’s coaching career includes time at Wills Point and Brownwood high schools, and at Howard Payne University.