By Mark Goodson
Highlander Sports Editor
Spike Dykes, the legendary Texas Tech University coach who was known for the one-liners, died early Monday of an apparent heart attack. He was 79.
“It’s a huge loss,’’ said Susan Bellard, a friend and wife of coach Emory Bellard. “This was going to be the last tournament.’’
Dykes, who has lived the Horseshoe Bay for almost two decades, had teamed with Bellard to start the Kids Care-A-Van Classic.
The annual golf tournament and tailgate party raises money to provide heath care for needy kids in the Highland Lakes.
