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Girls Playoff Roundup

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Bellevue
The Bellevue Lady Eagles were able to pick up where they left off in the bi-district playoff game against Throckmorton on Tuesday in City View.
After coming up just short of winning the district title a few days before against Slidell, the Lady Eagles took their frustration out on the Lady Greyhounds 71-22.
Like most of district play, Bellevue’s pressing defense and quick trigger on offense allowed them to get the lead early and never look back.
Coach John McGee did not have much to complain about.
“I was really pleased with their performance,” McGee said. “It wasn’t hard to stay engaged or focused because we understand that strange things have happened on a basketball court and we didn’t want that to happen to us. All of the girls got plenty of playing time.”
Cassie Simpson led the team with 22 points and FreeDom Morris was second with 16 points.
They had a tough task on Friday against number one seed Dodd City, but McGee is not worried his team will be intimated.
“I believe the girls have set their hearts to play for a long time so it doesn’t matter whose program it is,” McGee said. “With hard work anything can happen. We realize that every game could be our last game so we know that we have to leave it all on the court every night.”
With a big senior class, this is the year for this successful generation of Bellevue girls who have first round playoff wins now five seasons in a row.
The last four years have ended against Dodd City in the second round. Will this be the year the Lady Eagles break through?
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers season came to an end with a loss to Bryson on Monday night in Henrieatta.
The Lady Panthers had a tall task coming in as the third seed against the Cowgirls and would end up losing 46-23.
Down 12-6, but still competitive in the first quarter, the game got away from them as they could only score two points in the second quarter.
With four senior starters and everyone returning from last years team, making the playoffs was the big accomplishment for this team. They fought tooth and nail against the rest of the district once it became known that Bellevue and Slidell had the top two spots.
Close wins at home and on the road really showed the maturity of this team when a lot of the teams in the district fielded younger starting fives.
Their wins were not always pretty, but this group was able to keep a calm head and make crucial halftime adjustments throughout the year to give them the advantage they needed in those close games.
With it being the programs first playoff appearance since 2014, that accomplishment says all that you need to know about this team.
Future teams and younger players have a standard to chase.

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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.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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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.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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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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