SPORTS
Jackrabbits lose in last seconds
The thread of victory got snatched away from the Bowie Jackrabbits on Friday as they played at Bridgeport.
After leading the whole game, Bowie lost the lead in the final seconds of the game 38-35.
The Jackrabbits started the game offensively on fire. Ty Harris scored from 3 yards out on their opening drive. Next drive Payton Price hit Boo Oakley across the middle and he took it the rest of the way for a 58 yard touchdown. A good two-point conversion put Bowie up 15-0.
Bridgeport’s quarterback Jadon Maddux got loose and ran for a 27-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 15-7, but Price was able to find Jed Castles for an 18-yard touchdown pass putting the Jackrabbits up 22-7. Before the first quarter was done, the Bull’s Christian Hand ran for a 70-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 22-14 heading into the second quarter.
Bowie went up by two scores again when Price found Castles again, using his six-foot-six inch frame to out jump the corner for a 16-yard touchdown. The Jackrabbits led 29-14. Maddux got loose again and scored on a 19 yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 29-21 heading into halftime.
Bowie was able to go back up by two scores on a play that saw Price buy time with his legs before throwing a pass up the seem to Joey Crawford, who took the ball to the house for a 63 yard touchdown. The extra point was no good to give the Jackrabbits a 35-21 lead. The Bulls answered back with their own drive as Hand scored from three yards out to cut the lead to one score 35-28 heading into the fourth quarter.
One thing or another kept Bowie’s offense from adding to their lead in the fourth quarter. Penalties played a huge part of the game for both teams, as the Jackrabbits were penalized 13 times, stalling drives.
Bridgeport cut the lead to 35-31 with a 32 yard field goal about halfway through the fourth quarter. Bowie ran some clock, but had to punt it back to the Bulls with about two minutes left and needing a touchdown to win.
Bridgeport moved down the field to the Jackrabbit’s 14 yard line, but Bowie’s defense was doing all it could to halt the Bulls as they started to run out of downs. On fourth down, Maddux threw the ball down the right sideline, where only his receiver Nolan Hernandez could get it. The extra point gave Bridgeport their first lead 38-35 with less than 30 seconds left. There would be no miracle play for Bowie.
To read the whole story, including full stats and JV results, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Nocona Lady Indians beat Saint Jo at home on Saturday morning.
The Lady Indians won 16-1 after four innings due to run-rule against the smaller school.
Nocona was coming off a competitive loss at Collinsville earlier in the week while the Lady Panthers were hoping to compete after a busy week of their athletes doing everything else besides just softball.
The Lady Indians easily won the first matchup between the teams in March, 19-2 and it was more of the same on Saturday.
Saint Jo struck first to start the game off well. Jordyn O’Neal hit a one out single. Krista Reeves followed with a walk after O’Neal had stolen second base and had advanced to third thanks to an error trying to throw her out. A wild pitch then allowed her to score to put the Lady Panthers up 1-0.
The lead did not last long. Nocona’s first two batters drew walks which set up Abby Hill to drive them both in with a single to right field.
Despite giving up a single and a walk later in the inning, Saint Jo’s defense did not allow another run. A line out and groundout to the shortstop while picking off a runner attempting to steal got the Lady Panthers out of the inning unscarred.
The Lady Indians led 2-1.
That was about as competitive as it got. In the second inning, Nocona’s bats got going. Two singles and a hit batter loaded the bases up with no outs.
Reagan Phipps drew a walk that drove in a run. Hill hit another two RBI single. Skye Kirby followed with a two RBI double.
After the first out, Allie Sutton drove in one run with a single. There was a fly out for out two, before a runner came in to score after a passed ball. Finally, an error allowed two more runs to score on the base paths.
Nocona had scored nine runs and led 11-1 to break the game open heading into the third inning.
Taylor Patrick hit a double, with O’Neal and Reeves following with singles. Unfortunately for Saint Jo, Patrick was thrown out before the hits attempting to steal a base so the Lady Panthers scored no runs from this.
The Lady Indians kept pouring on the runs. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases up with no outs. Tinley Cable then hit an RBI single. Shelby Swell was hit by a pitch that drove in another run.
After two strikeouts, Evelyn Marquez drove in two more runs on a double to put Nocona up 15-1, coming up one run short of ending the game early.
The Lady Indians scored that one run in the fourth inning. After Phipps drew a leadoff walk, Hill hit a triple that drove her in to end the game.
Nocona won 16-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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