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Lady Rabbits win high scoring game

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits closed out the pre-Christmas slate with a 70-61 win against the Lindsay Lady Knights on their home court Friday afternoon.
Despite the Lady Rabbits coming out on top in the high scoring matchup, it wasn’t all smooth sailing as changes in the Lindsay offense throughout the game forced Bowie to adapt their defensive strategy.
Lindsay’s full court press at the start of the game was aimed at getting the ball to their big post player, but Bowie was able to guide the press and hurt the visiting team as they ended the first quarter ahead 16-13.
The two teams matched each other point for point in the second with the Lady Rabbit’s taller players the only ones able to answer against the Lindsay defense as Aslyn Davis put up five points, Hope Howard, six, and Lexi Kirkham and Landra Parr, two each. However, the Lady Knights put up 19 points of their own to force the Lady Rabbits to head into the locker room at halftime trailing by one.
“We played sort of like our season has been. I think we were really up and down. There were times we did a lot of things that were good as a group and individually, but I don’t think we ever put it all together,” explained Bowie Lady Rabbits Coach Chuck Hall. “It caused the game to be closer than it should have been.”
The coach gave credit to the Lady Knights and their style of play.
“If you can handle their style of play you can score a lot of points, but if you don’t, they can keep themselves in the game because of their big girls,” explained Hall.
However, the Lady Knights had other tricks up their sleeves than just their size advantage. The Lady Rabbits focused on the bigger post players and were able to edge out to a seven-point lead with six minutes to go in the third quarter, but unfortunately it didn’t last.
Lindsay began shooting from the outside and Bowie’s Aslyn Davis, who was the second leading scorer of the night with 17 points, went out temporarily with an ankle injury as the Lady Knights crept back into the game, wrapping up the third quarter tied 48-48.
“When we got them down we had focused so much on their big girl, then all of a sudden they started making three pointers and outside shots so their comeback was not because of their big girl, their comeback was because of their guards. We had to stop and readjust again and play different defensively,” said Hall.
The game wasn’t doomed for the Lady Rabbits, who had something up their sleeve as well, and that something was Abbi Gamblin.
Coming from seemingly nowhere after not scoring a single point in the first half, Gamblin sank nine points in the third, including one three-point shot, and another 10 points in the fourth with her second three to lead the Lady Rabbit offense with 19 points. Together with a solid defense, the Lady Rabbits were able to cruise to the largest lead of the game and seal the win 65-59.

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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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