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NCTC volleyball signs new class

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Fall signees
Mia Cooke comes from Burkburnett High School where she was a standout middle blocker and outside hitter.
She competed for Zone In Volleyball Academy and helped them place 13th at the Tour of Texas Qualifier this season. They were the Lone-Star Champions in Houston Texas, and took second at the Girl’s Junior Nationals 18U in Anaheim this summer.
In high school she was voted newcomer of the year as a freshman, District most valuable player her sophomore and junior seasons as well as Offensive Player of the Year her Senior campaign.
In track, she was a regional qualifier both her freshman and sophomore seasons in triple jump and long jump.
Katelyn Erickson makes the longest trek to Gainesville out of Kahuku High School in Hawaii. She helped her high school place 3rd in the state both her junior and senior seasons.
Erickson is an AAU Volleyball Academic All American, Scholatic Athlete, and All Region Honorable Mention. She will graduate Valedictorian of her class.
She also played at Aces Volleyball club while living in Utah and was on the highest ranked 16s team in the state of Utah. She plays for North Shore Volleyball Club.
Jocelyn Grewing is right in our backyard and joins us as the local stand out from Lindsey. She helped her team to the regional tournament this senior campaign and played with Empire Volleyball to round out her senior season.
She is a Texas Girls Association All-State team member in 2015, 16, and 17. She is also a part of the Texas Sports Writer Association All State Team Member in 2015, 16, and 17.
As a sophomore, she was placed received All Districe Honorable Mention awards, as both a junior and senior she was the District Offensive MVP of the year. She also participated in backetball and tennis.
Allie Hamsher hails from Forney, Texas where she was a varsity letterman all four years for volleyball and basketball. She was also a part of the varsity track team.
She was named to 1st Team All District every year and was also named 1st Team Academic All State in 2017 in addition to being Academic All-District each year.
She spent four years as a member of the National Honor Society, and garndered multiple academic awards. She was also named the Newcomer of the year in Basketball in 2015.
Megan Harris arrives from Carrollton where she was a member of Hebron’s State Championship squad her sophomore, junior and senior seasons. She played for DCX Club Team and competed at nationals throughout her years playing club ball.
Audrey Henson was a 4 Year Varsity Athlete at Frisco Centennial. In 2015 she was named 2nd Team All-District, in 2016 she was Honorable Mention, and in 2017 she was 1st Team All-District.
She was Academic All-District Every Year. She attended the Girls Junior National Championships five times, two times in the Open Division.
Meredith McPeek joined the Lady Lions a semester early as she graduated her home school a semester early.
She has already made positive contributions and we can expect to see her on the court this fall. She was a stand out for her high school team as well as her Empire Club Team.
Crislynn Autry was a club teammate of McPeek and will be arriving from her home school as well. She was also a standout on her high school and Empire club team, playing any position her teams needed.
Veronika Webb is a transfer from Texas Woman’s University where she contributed early as a freshman. She also joined the Lions this spring semester and we can expect to see her competing somewhere on the court this fall.
Lena Srdanov is a transfer outside hitter from Lamar Community College. She originally hails from Serbia, where she has a background in both indoor and sand volleyball.
Cameryn McDonough signed, but there is no information about her.
North Texas Central College starts their season with a scrimmage at Brookhaven College on Aug. 17.

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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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