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Bowie baseball loses to Holliday 11-6

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The Bowie Jackrabbits hoped they could avenge the lone district loss at home against Holliday.
Despite the Jackrabbits leading for half the game, two explosive innings from the Eagles played a part in Bowie’s 11-6 loss.
Holliday led off and was able to get two base runners on with a base hit and a walk with one out. A fly out to right field allowed the runner on second to move to third base, but the Jackrabbit’s Payton Price was able to force a ground out for the third out.
Evan Kennedy led off with a drawn walk. Kennedy stole second base and Taylor Pigg moved him to third with a sacrifice bunt.
Price then came through with a single that drove in Kennedy standing up to give Bowie a 1-0 lead. The Jackrabbits hoped to score more with one out. With a hit and run on, the next batter flew out to center field. The runner could not beat the throw back to first as the Eagles completed the inning ending double play.
The second inning again saw Holliday get two base runners on with a walk and a base hit. Again Price worked out of it by inducing a fly ball to the right fielder. Braden Armstrong led off with a walk for Bowie again.
Unfortunately he was thrown out trying to steal second just before Ozzie Phillips hit a line drive single. He was left stranded at first as the next batter struck out to end the second inning.
The Eagles batters kept threatening. A single and a fielding error at shortstop allowed two runners on base. A walk with two outs loaded the bases. Again Price was able to force a ground out to get out of inning with Bowie still leading 1-0. Besides a single from Kennedy with one out, the Jackrabbits did not have much luck as the game moved to the fourth inning.
The Eagles leadoff was hit by a pitch to get on base. After a fly out, Price forced a fly out to center fielder Armstrong.
Just like Bowie fell victim before, Holliday had a hit and run on call. Armstrong was able to throw the runner out right before he got back to first for the inning ending double play. The Jackrabbits offense failed to get any runners on as the game moved to the fifth inning.
It was here where the wheels fell off for Bowie. A leadoff double from Holliday, a steal and a wild pitch tied up the score. A dropped strike three allowed the next batter to get on base. Two steals and a sacrifice fly allowed the Eagles to take their first lead.
Holliday was not done. Three straight walks loaded the bases and led to a pitching change. A single and a double scored three more runs as the Eagles lead was now 5-1.
The Jackrabbits had Kash Stockard and Kennedy hit back-to-back singles with two outs to try and start something. The next batter popped out to first to end that hope before it got going.
Holliday had more to add. A walk and two base hits loaded the bases with no outs. Three hits, a walk and a sacrifice fly later and the Eagles had scored five more runs to up their lead to 10-1.
Coach Glen Dunnam challenged his to team, saying he was going to see how much character they had after suddenly falling behind by so much. To an extent, they did not disappoint.
After Cooper Little hitting a single with one out, Armstrong hit a triple to right field to drive him in. Weston Partridge followed with a line drive to left field to score Armstrong, cutting the lead to 10-3.
Holliday added one more run in the seventh with a leadoff single followed by a double to make the score 11-3. Relief pitcher Luis DeLeon was then able to retire the next three batters to keep the runner stranded at second base.
Kennedy led off with his third hit of the game for a single. With two outs Little joined Kennedy on base with a single. Armstrong followed and hit a three-run home run over the left field fence to make the score 11-6. It would not be enough as two batters later the Eagles forced the third out to end the game.

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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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