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Cook earns all-tournament honors for MSU volleyball

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Midwestern State University split results on the final day of the Tarleton Invitational to open the season 2-2.
The Mustangs swept through Black Hills State in three tightly-contested sets (27-25, 26-24, 25-21) before running into a buzz saw in Harding (12-25, 12-25, 18-25).
MSU 3, BHSU 0
A huge late run in the first set propelled the Maroon and Gold to a sweep over Black Hills State in the day’s opener (27-25, 26-24, 25-21). The Mustangs served up 12 aces to hand the Yellow Jackets their third-straight loss.
Redshirt freshman and Bowie high school alumn Addy Cook once again led the team with nine kills while sophomore Raven Presley tacked on eight more.
Junior Sarah Eakin posted the most efficient outing of her career, knocking down five kills on seven swings for a .714 hitting percentage. Sophomore Sarah Glawe handed out 18 assists while junior Erin Richburg and freshman Samantha Manio snuffed out nine and eight attack attempts, respectively.
The Mustangs overcame 10 first set attack errors and rallied from a 23-16 deficit to stun the Yellow Jackets in the opener.
During the 11-2 run to claim the 1-0 lead, Kristin Silva had a pair of aces, Raven Presley had a pair of kills and BHSU committed four attack errors to give MSU Texas the lead.
Riding the momentum, the Mustangs stretched the advantage to 2-0 as Cook, Eakin and Richburg recorded 12 of MSU Texas’ 14 kills in the second set.
MSU Texas capitalized on 14 errors by BHSU in the final set to pick up its second-straight victory.
The Yellow Jackets were led by Sierra Stugelmeyer who hit .471 with nine kills.
MSU Texas rallied from a 23-16 deficit in the first set to win 27-25 and turn the momentum of the match as they ended up winning.
The Mustangs dropped in a season-high 12 aces, the second-most by MSU Texas in the last two seasons.
Redshirt freshman Addy Cook led the Mustangs offensively for the third-straight match, posting nine kills and matched a career high with three service aces.
Junior Sarah Eakin had the most efficient outing in her career, hitting .714 with five kills on seven swings.

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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.

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