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FC Flyers lose to Amarillo 7-4

Published

5 years ago

06/05/2019

Two weeks from playing its last game, Football Club Wichita Falls hosted the Amarillo Bombers for the second straight game to see if it could avenge the game between this team.
The Falls Town Flyers could not get it done as a late run in the fourth period led to the Bombers winning 7-4, giving Wichita Falls its third loss in as many match ups the teams have had this season.
Technical issues halted the start of the game as the lights did not come on for one side of the field. After about five minutes and only half the field still lit up, the game got started anyway. Eventually two spot lights were aimed at the dark area to try and illuminate it as the game played on.
The Flyers struck first in the fifth minute of period one. Flavio Guzman scored from a pass from Christian Okeke to go up 1-0.
The Bombers answered seven minutes later as they scored off a set piece play from a penalty to tie the game. A few minutes later, Amarillo took the lead 2-1, capitalizing on a two-on-one opportunity to end the first period.
The physical play was evident from the beginning, but refs were quick on the whistle from the beginning.
Wichita Falls had a one man advantage in the opening few minutes when a Bomber’s player was put in the penalty box, but could not capitalize in those two minutes.
Fortunately, the Flyers did tie the score 2-2 not long after that as Okeke scored from a pass from Flavio Guzman. Shortly after Wichita Falls had another one-man advantage following a penalty. Things looked to be going the Flyers’ way.
Unfortunately, Amarillo survived the two minutes. A minute after the teams were both back at even power, the Bombers scored on a perfectly executed give-and-go as they led 3-2 at halftime.
Early in the third period Wichita Falls tied up the score 3-3. With a free kick awarded deep in Amarillo’s territory, Okeke quickly passed to captain Robert Swann who scored.
The physical game just seemed to intensify on both sides as a double penalty limited both sides to just five players on either side for two minutes at one point. The Bombers retook the lead 4-3 just before the end of the period as a kick got through the defense.
The final few seconds of the third saw the player who just scored get sent to the penalty box for a hard foul, but the Flyers could not take advantage.
Early in the fourth period Amarillo scored two goals within two minutes of each other to go up 6-3. Wichita Falls was able to score once more as Swann scored again, this time off a feed from Ivan Castaneda to cut the lead to 6-4.
Still down multiple goals, the Flyers sold out on the offensive end to try and score more. This left them open for a counter attack, which Amarillo took advantage of, scoring on a three-on-two situation to back up by three goals 7-4 in the final minutes, where the final score ended.

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Jackrabbits blow out City View

Published

2 days ago

04/24/2024

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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

Published

2 days ago

04/24/2024

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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

Published

2 days ago

04/24/2024

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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.