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Bowie bests Tolar in bi-district 71-39

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The Bowie Jackrabbits started their playoff run with a bang on Tuesday as they took it to a Tolar team that was fired up to be playing them in the bi-district round.
The Jackrabbits exploded in the second half on their way to blowing out the Rattlers 71-39.
Early in the game, Tolar was up 10-7 as their team came in with a lot of energy and enthusiasm. Their post player Seth Carroll was bouncy and had a good first step getting to the rim for a layup early.
Guard Mason Behrens was good at scoring in isolation either driving or shooting off the dribble.
Despite Carroll matching up in size with Bowie’s Daniel Mosley, the Rattlers opted to guard him with a smaller defender and bring help when he caught the ball. This allowed the Jackrabbits to throw the ball up to Mosley, who was strong enough to finish through traffic or score before help came.
Bowie ended the first quarter on a 9-0 run as they started pushing the ball in transition that created easier scoring chances. The Jackrabbits were up 16-10 heading into the second quarter.
Bowie quickly built a 10 point lead in the second quarter, but Tolar did a good job of not allowing the lead to get much worse.
Behrens would always get cut off with a help defender on drives, but was able to score with some flip shots since he was close to the rim. He made a three-pointer at the buzzer to cut the Jackrabbits lead back to 10 as Bowie led 29-19 at halftime.
Things did not change much immediately in the third quarter as both teams struggled to score midway through. The Jackrabbits led 33-23 when they went on an 11-0 run in the next two minutes to extend their lead to 21 points as the thin Rattlers team started to show fatigue.
This was thanks to even greater success pushing the ball off of turnovers and rebounds thanks to point guard Justin Franklin pushing the tempo.
He was able to get by his initial defender and force extra defenders to try and cut him off, only to quickly pass the ball to an open player. When they chose not to bring help, Franklin usually finished strong at the rim or picked up a foul.
Any chance for the Rattlers to come back looked laughable as Bowie led 49-24 heading into the fourth quarter.
Instead of letting up and coasting to the end with the win in hand, the Jackrabbits kept the foot on the gas. The scoring kept coming from Bowie as no one could slow down Franklin in transition as the Jackrabbit offense was humming.
Tolar’s offense devolved to isolating Behrens for one-on-one where he made four three-pointers off the dribble in the quarter despite only making the sole desperate one before halftime in the game.
Outside of him, the Rattlers did not have the offense to make a difference as Bowie won big 71-39.

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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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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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