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Bowie falls to Brock

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After fighting to get into the postseason, the Bowie softball team fell to mighty Brock in their first round series in two games, making the Lady Eagles work for it in the last one.
After falling behind early and losing 9-3 at Brock in the first game on Friday, the Lady Rabbits played a tight second game at home on Saturday to try to force a third game. The Lady Eagles were able to take the lead in the seventh inning to win 2-1 and win the series.
Bowie came into the series knowing they would have to play their best to have a chance to beat a state ranked team who won their district handedly.
In Friday’s game, Brock was able to get a lead in the bottom of the second inning. With two outs, the Lady Eagles were able to turn four hits and a walk into a 4-0 lead before the Lady Rabbits could force the third out.
Bowie answered back in the top of the third. Emily Cox led off with a bunt. Due to an error by the pitcher, Cox was allowed to reach second. Two batters later, Taylor McCarty was able to get her home with a double to right field. Two batters later, Callie Melton was able to drive McCarty in with a single to cut the lead down to 4-2.
Unfortunately, the Lady Rabbits defense could not keep Brock down in the next three innings.
The Lady Eagles led off the third with a double they were able get home to extend their lead to 5-2. In fourth inning, Brock loaded the bases. With two outs, a hit batter and a single scored three runs to push the lead to 8-2.
In the fifth, a one out single was moved to second on a ground out. Again with two outs, the Lady Eagles found a way to get her home with a single the next at bat to push the lead to 9-2.
Bowie was able to cut the lead down a little in the sixth inning. A leadoff walk by Melton, followed by a drawn walk from Kylie Fleming put two runners on base with one out. Gracie Bentley put down a bunt and Brock again had trouble fielding it as an error allowed Melton to score from second to cut the lead down to 9-3.
Bentley was able to steal second to put two runners in scoring position with only one out. Unfortunately, the next batter struck out and Bentley was picked off at second to end the inning.
The Lady Rabbits ended up losing the first game 9-3.
Game two was played at Bowie on Saturday. The stands were packed with home support as the Lady Rabbits hoped to win so they could force a game three right afterwards.
It was a different game as both defenses were locked in. With Brock scoring a lot of their runs with two outs the previous night, Bowie focused on closing innings out.
They faced an early test in the top of the first. With two outs, the Lady Eagles hit back-to-back singles that put runners at the corners. Luckily, pitcher Maylie Short was able to force a line out to center field to get out of the inning.
Neither team had much luck in the second inning as individual hits or base runners were kept isolated. Brock was able to get runners at the corners with one out. They tried to steal home and second, but the Lady Rabbits were able to get the runner out at home.
The other runner eventually stole third and the next batter drew a walk and stole second to put two runners in scoring position. Fortunately, Short was able to strike out the next batter to keep the game scoreless.
Bowie was able to strike first in the bottom of the third inning. A leadoff bunt from Ketchum allowed her to get on base. She was able to get worked around the bases with a passed ball and a ground out allowing her to end up on third. Next batter McCarty was able to get her home with single to give them a 1-0 lead.
Each team was able to get one runner on base in the fourth inning, but they did not lead to anything as the game went into the fifth inning.
With one out, Brock showed their power the batter hit a ball deep to right field. The ball took a weird bounce that allowed the runner to hit an inside the park home run that tied the game up at 1-1.
It was the only hit of the inning as Bowie worked through the next two batters easily. A drawn walk from the Lady Rabbits with one out did not lead to anything as the game went into the sixth inning.
The Lady Eagles looked primed to take the lead in the top of the sixth. Back-to-back singles led off the inning. The next batter grounded into a fielder’s choice, but a single loaded the bases up with only one out.
Kalee Case came in to pitch and try to get Bowie out of the jam. She forced the next batter to ground into a fielder’s choice as they got the out at home.
The next drew a full count, but Case struck her out looking to get out of inning with the score still tied 1-1.
The Lady Rabbits could not get anything going as the game moved into the seventh inning.
Brock was able to leadoff the inning with a single. A sacrifice bunt was able to move the runner into scoring position. The next batter then hit a hard ground ball to left field that was able to score the runner and give the Lady Eagles their first lead of the game 2-1.
Bowie tried to answer back, but could not get a base runner on as the game ended.

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Baseball Roundup

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Saint Jo vs Bellevue
The Saint Jo Panthers got out of their early season funk as they beat fellow 1A Bellevue twice last week on two different days.
The Panthers won the first high-scoring game 15-9 before shut out the Eagles 10-0 in the second game.
Saint Jo had a rough beginning to its season, with mostly ugly losses and only one win.
Bellevue came in with no wins, but it was not unexpected due to it being the Eagles first year as a program since the late 1990s.
Bellevue led the first game for most of it scoring five runs in the first inning and just holding off the Panthers 5-4 heading into the sixth inning.
Saint Jo then caught fire, scoring six runs in the sixth inning to take its first lead since the first inning. The Eagles kept it close and scored four runs to make it a one run game 10-9 heading into the final inning.
The game had to be postponed due to Bellevue’s new field not having any lights to play past a certain time.
When the game was picked up three days later, the Panthers added five more run to their lead. The Eagles could not answer and Saint Jo won the game 15-9.
Devein Stewart and Logan Hoover led the Panthers four RBIs each while Charlie Evans and R Forrester drove in two runs each.
Trent Gaston pitched 4.1 innings and allowed two runs and struck out seven batters to lead the team.
Saint Jo’s defense committed four errors.
For Bellevue, Brayden Moore led the team with three RBIs while Bryce Ramsey and Ryan Jones each drove in two runs.
Ramsey pitched five innings and allowed four runs while striking out nine batters to lead the team.
The second game picked up right after the end of the first game. Unfortunately for the Eagles, the second game went similarly to the end of first game.
Saint Jo scored three runs in the first inning, four in the second inning and three in the third inning.
The Panther defense shut out Bellevue and the game ended with Saint Jo winning 10-0 after four and half innings due to run rule.
Sam Martin led the Panthers with four RBIs while Evans drove in two runs. Stewart pitched three innings and allowed one hit and one walk while striking out six batters. Hoover pitched two innings and struck out four batters while allowing no hits and walking two batters. The team committed no fielding errors.
For Bellevue, River Trail got the only hit in the game for the team. The team drew three walks, but could not get on base.
Blake Reese led the team with two innings pitched and three earned runs on two hits and five walks while striking out two batters. The defense committed no fielding errors.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost their second game against Muenster on Friday on the road.
The Indians lost 10-0 after five innings due to run-rule as the Hornets picked up all of their runs in one horrible inning for Nocona.
The score was tied at 0-0 heading into the bottom of the third inning. The Indian defense had navigated one out singles the first two innings without letting it morph into anything threatening.
Unfortunately, the third inning saw Muenster get going from the first batter.
Five singles, two doubles, two walks and a hit batter later saw the Hornets score 10 runs.
Nocona’s bats had been able to get someone on base in most innings despite Walker Murphey getting the team’s only base hit, but could not get a run to score.
The Indian defense did bounce back to not allow any runs in the fourth or fifth inning, but with no runs coming through for Nocona, the game ended after five innings.
Muenster won 10-0.

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Softball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians lost at home on Friday night against Muenster.
The Lady Hornets won 9-0, with most of the damage coming in the fourth inning against the Lady Indians.
Nocona gave up two runs in the first inning, but kept the game within reach after shutting out Muenster in the second and third innings.
Then came the fourth inning. Five fielding errors and two singles contributed to the Lady Hornets scoring six runs to go up 8-0.
The Lady Indians struggled to get their bats going all game though they did get some base runners that could have been worked home with some timely plays in other games.
Muenster added one more run in the sixth inning to make the final score 9-0.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost a shootout at Era on Friday night.
The Lady Hornets won 25-15 in a game that ended early after six innings due to run-rule.
Saint Jo was trailing the early part of the game down 9-1 after three innings.
The Lady Panthers then had a huge offensive inning, scoring nine runs in the fourth inning to go up 10-9.
Era bounced back in the same inning and scored three runs to retake the lead 12-10, but Saint Jo then scored four runs in the fifth inning and one in the sixth inning as it lead 15-12.
The Lady Hornets then embarked on an inning from hell for the Lady Panthers, more than doubling their score and not ending until Era was up by 10 runs to end the game early.
The Lady Hornets had scored 13 runs to win 25-15.

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Nocona’s Stone signs to play football

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Nocona senior Johnny Stone, son of Chelsi and Haydan, signed his letter of intent to play football at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie on Monday. Stone played running back and linebacker for Nocona on varsity for three years, helping the Indians go from two wins his first season to winning 16 games the last two seasons that resulted in playoff berths and a district title this past season. Stone has also spent time playing baseball, golf, basketball and track during his four years at Nocona. “They have a great program there,” Stone said. “Their business and financing program, it is five years for a masters so I thought that was a really good choice. They have a nice indoor gym. They really focus on the relgious part of school.” Stone plans to focus on business and financing major with maybe a minior in religious beliefs.

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