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Bowie Lady Rabbits lose 3-1

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits hosted state ranked Bridgeport on Tuesday in a match they knew would be tough.
Despite the first two sets being close, the Lady Rabbits ran out of gas as they lost 3-1.
The Sissies came in ranked 20th in the state in 4A and had some history with Bowie this season. The Lady Rabbits beat Bridgeport twice at the Godley Tournament back at the end of August when the Sissies were ranked among the top five in the state and had only lost one match previously.
The atmosphere was great as the student section was dressed in some sort of luau theme to help cheer Bowie to victory against Bridgeport for the third time this season.
The first set started well for the Lady Rabbits. They slowly built a subtle 9-6 lead, but the Sissies tied the score at 10-10 and neither team got that type of lead for the rest of the set.
It went back and forth between the two teams as both teams serve-receive and net game were major factors. With Bridgeport having two girls listed at six feet or taller, Bowie knew it would have to challenge them at the net or face some powerful spikes hit down at them.
The Lady Rabbits took a narrow 23-22 lead, but unfortunately the Sissies won the next three points to take the first set 25-23.
Bowie did not start the second set well. After neither team trailed by more than three points in the first set, the Lady Rabbits were down 7-3 early.
Bowie charged back to make the set close and eventually tied the score at 15-15.
After gaining a little bit of a lead for the first time all set 18-17, the Lady Rabbits won seven of the next eight points to close out the set and win 25-18.
After losing a set it should have won and easily closing out the second set, Bowie was feeling good about its chances to win the match if it could carry that momentum forward.
Quickly the Lady Rabbits realized they could not. An innocent 3-2 lead from Bridgeport quickly turned into 13-2 before anyone knew what was happening.
The blocks from Bowie and solid back row play went away. The serve-receive action was a mess. Rallies bounced the Sissies way. Nothing was working.
The Lady Rabbits tried to salvage as much as they could from the rest of the set. The teams played the final points almost even with Bridgeport only holding a 12-11 lead, but the play in the beginning of the set hung over the proceedings as the Sissies won 25-13.
Bowie needed to win the fourth set if it wanted a chance to win the match in the fifth set, but shaking off the memory of the first 15 points from the last set was going to be a mental challenge.
The opening points looked like the Lady Rabbits might be up to the challenge. Bowie held a 6-4 lead after 10 points. Unfortunately, Bridgeport took the lead 11-9 and never looked back. Still leading by a small margin 19-16, the Sissies won six of the next nine points to win the set 25-19 and the match 3-1.

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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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