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Bowie volleyball finishes third at Godley tournament

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits played in their final tournament last week in the first Godley Classic that featured several tough teams.
The Lady Rabbits made a big impression as they went 6-1 during the two days of competition and finished third overall in the gold bracket while picking up several wins against opponents ranked among the best in the state in the most current Texas Girls Coaches Association poll.
In pool play, Bowie first played Hillsboro. The Lady Rabbits made quick work in the first set winning 25-13 while the second set was a bit tougher. In the end Bowie won 25-22 to win the first match in straight sets.
The second match against Keene went even smoother. Both sets were won by the Lady Rabbits by double digits, 25-15 and 25-14.
The final match in pool play would be much tougher. Bridgeport came in ranked as one of the best teams in the state in 4A and fresh off of winning a grueling five-set match at county rival Nocona on Aug. 20.
Bowie was not intimidated as it won the first set at the end after pulling away 25-22. The Sissies won the second set 25-19 to force a third and final set. It went back and forth and could have gone either way, but the Lady Rabbits pulled off the upset to win 26-24.
After pool play Aslyn Davis led the team with 18 kills, Lexi Kirkham with eight blocks, Landra Parr with 30 assists and Taygon Jones with 52 digs.
The 3-0 record in pool play qualified Bowie to play in the gold bracket on Saturday where it would play a familiar opponent.
Bridgeport was up again in the first round of bracket play.
With the mental edge being won in the first matchup, the Lady Rabbits against the top ranked Sissies won again in bracket play, this time in straight sets and scores of 25-10 and 25-22. Bridgeport came into the tournament with only one loss and ranked second in the state in 4A.
Bowie next played 4A state ranked Krum. While not ranked as high as the Sissies team the Lady Rabbits had handed two straight losses to coming into the tournament, the Lady Cats would show why they would go on to win the tournament. Krum handed Bowie its first loss of the tournament in straight sets.
The Lady Rabbits played its final game against Maypearl for a chance at the third place title.
The Lady Panthers also came into the tournament with some clout as it was ranked in the top 20 best teams in the state in 3A, but Bowie would show why rankings did not matter.
Bowie won the first set with a comfortable margin 25-18 before Maypearl tied the match up by winning the second set 25-21.
The Lady Rabbits were able to refocus in the third set and played brilliantly as they won a one-sided set 25-13 to win the match and finish in third place.
After going 6-1 with three wins against ranked opponents, the previously unranked Bowie now sits at 10 in this week’s current TGCA poll.

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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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