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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Monkres leads the stars

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By ERIC VICCARO
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Two years ago, Bowie High School football player Josh Monkres was transferred to a spot on the Jackrabbit offensive line.
Bowie head football coach Dylan Stark said Monkres was totally receptive to the idea, and he helped transform the Jackrabbit wall into a formidable one.
For the second straight season, the Associated Press Sports Editors of Texas recognized Monkres’ talent, garnering him honorable mention all-state accolades.
For this accomplishment, Monkres was selected to be the team captain on The Bowie News All-Montague County team.
“Josh was very unselfish when he switched to the offensive line,” Stark said. “He’s got good feet. He knows how to move because he’s so quick and strong off the ball.”
This marks the second straight year for the newspaper to field an all-county team.
There were some modifications this year. The team roster was bumped up from 27 to 30 players, and there also is a list of honorable mentions.
The roster features 13 offensive players, 13 defensive players and four specialists. In modern football, more emphasis has been placed on special teams, and that’s why there are four slots.
This season provided a mixed bag for local teams.
Bowie ventured into unchartered territory by winning its first playoff game since Hall & Oates’ “Private Eyes” was No. 1 back in 1981. The Jackrabbits downed Clyde 44-40 in a Conference 3A Division I area contest.
“It didn’t happen overnight,” Stark said. “The senior class bought in, worked hard and stuck with it, and it paid off.”
Forestburg had just as historic a season, with first-ever district and bi-district championships before falling to Motley County in the Conference 1A Division II’s area round.
“We made history,” Forestburg head coach Wayne Tuckwell said. “I told the three seniors (Taten Vann, Malaci Moore and Nate Shepherd) three years ago if they stuck with me they would be able to do something special, and they did.” Read more in The Bowie News.

ALL-MONTAGUE COUNTY TEAM 2015

Team Captain
Josh Monkres, Bowie

Offense
Quarterback: Trace Hardee, Bowie
Running backs: J.D. Moore, Forestburg; and Brandon Hutto, Bowie
Wide receivers: Jeffery Howard, Bowie; Blake Anderson, Saint Jo; and Skyler Sandusky, Forestburg.
Tight end: Taten Vann, Forestburg
Offensive linemen: Jonathan Chancellor, Bowie; Nate Shepherd, Forestburg; Jared Roberts, Bowie; Josh Monkres, Bowie; Barkley Hayes, Nocona; and Tilghman Parr, Bowie
Kicker: Mario Lopez, Saint Jo
Specialist: Tanner Cable, Nocona

Defense
Defensive line: Malaci Moore, Forestburg; Kevin Stallcup, Bowie; Emmanuel Gaytan, Nocona; and T.J. Lindenborn, Saint Jo
Linebackers: Cayden Cox, Bowie; Matthew Wallace, Forestburg; Peyton Crabtree, Nocona; Billy Rogers, Gold-Burg; and L.B. Clement, Bowie.
Defensive backs: Chase Hall, Bowie; Robert Hawkins, Nocona; Stevie Carroll, Forestburg; and Blake Allen, Gold-Burg
Punter: Coplin Miller, Gold-Burg
Specialist: Wyatt Park, Forestburg

Honorable mentions
Carter Shackelford, Daniel Mosley, Gage Posey and Saul Landaverde, Bowie; Preston Lyons, Saint Jo; Brandon Lee, Ethan Hellman, Bruce Mueller and Ryan Downs, Gold-Burg; Bear Osteen and Fernando Gonzales, Forestburg; Marcus Carter, Brendan Ramsey and Parker Marshall, Nocona.
Editor’s Note: Weight was added for all-state and all-district honors as well as overall team performance.

Bowie’s Tilghman Parr (55) and Jared Roberts (78) spring Brandon Hutto (5) for the game-winning touchdown over Clyde on Nov. 13. The Jackrabbits defeated Clyde 44-40 for the bi-district championship, their first playoff victory in 34 years. Parr, Hutto and Roberts all made the All-Montague County team. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

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Jackrabbits blow out City View

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The Bowie Jackrabbits beat down City View on the road on Monday by run-rule to pick up a district win.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0 after five innings due to run-rule as they dominated against the Mustangs.
Bowie was coming off a close loss at Holliday in a game it nearly came back to win, so took out its frustration on a struggling City View team.
The Jackrabbits got going early as Troy Kesey hit a solo home run with two outs to get a rally going for the team. Two batters later Edmond De Leon hit a two-run home run.
Rayder Mann hit a ground ball to third base that resulted in an error that drove in a run. Cy Egenbacher then hit an RBI single to put Bowie up 5-0 before the Mustangs had even hit.
After a scoreless second inning, the Jackrabbits got back going in the third. Boston Farris and Seth Mann both hit a two RBI doubles.
Kesey and Hayden Rodriguez followed with RBI singles to make it 11-0 for Bowie.
The Jackrabbits kept the pressure in the fourth inning. Farris hit a three-run home run and Kesey later drove in another run with a double to make it 15-0 for Bowie.
The game continued into the fifth inning and City View needed to score at least six runs to keep the game going. The Mustangs broke up Kesey’s no-hitter on the mound with three straight singles to load the bases up with no outs.
Kesey finished strong, striking out the next two batters before inducing a fly ball to center field for the final out.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0.

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Baseball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Indians got some revenge by beating Perrin-Whitt on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 5-3 to hopefully make up for losing the previous game in the final inning against the Pirates.
Nocona had lost two days earlier to Perrin-Whitt 3-2 after leading for the entire game until the final inning.
The second game it was the Pirates that led for the majority of the game, leading 2-1 after the first inning. The Indians tied the score 2-2 after the third inning, but Perrin-Whitt got the lead back in the fourth inning with one run to make it 4-3.
Nocona took control in the sixth inning when Wesley Murpehy drove in two runs with a double. Brody Langford followed him with an RBI single to double the Indians score and put them up 6-4.
This time around, Nocona’s defense held on in the final inning, allowing only one base runner before closing the game with little trouble.

Missing scores
Scores from Saint Jo and Bellevue are not updated due to games being delayed due to weather late last week.

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Bowie softball season comes to an end

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits came up just short of winning their final game at City View on Friday.
The Lady Mustangs held off a furious Lady Rabbits rally in the seventh inning to scrape out a win 11-10.
Bowie was entering the game knowing it was the last game of the season no matter what so it came out loose and ready.
The Lady Rabbits took control early. Chloe Kinney scored due to an error trying to pick her off. Sage Gossett hit a single that drove in one run and an error on the throw allowed another run to score.
Several batters later, Beau Combs and Victoria Cox both hit RBI singles to make it 5-0 for Bowie.
The Lady Mustangs scored two runs to make cut the lead to 5-2 after the first inning.
Bowie scored one run in the second inning when Serenity Klump was able to score from third base due to an error by the catcher. City View equaled that run in the same inning with an RBI double.
After the teams exchanged scoreless innings in the third and fourth, things picked up in the fifth inning.
Kaylie Kinney hit an RBI double with two outs to extend Bowie’s lead to 7-3.
The Lady Mustangs answered with a huge inning to get back in the game. Three singles and two errors allowed City View to score four runs and tie the score up at 7-7.
After the Lady Rabbits offense could not get anything going in the sixth inning, the Lady Mustangs picked up where they left off.
Five straight singles, one walk and a passed ball allowed City View to score four more runs to take the lead 11-7 heading into the final inning.
With Bowie down to its last three outs of the season, the team buckled up to get something going.
Cox hit a one out double. Chloe Kinney followed with a single that drove her in. After a strikeout and Kinney advancing to second base after a passed ball, Klump drove her in with a double.
After a walk, Gossett came through and hit a single that drove in one more run to cut City View’s lead to one run.
With the tying run in scoring position, Bowie was in good condition but was also down to its last out.
Unfortunately, the next batter struck out looking to end the game and the Lady Rabbits season.
City View won 11-10.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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