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Lady Rabbits clobber City View 70-27
Following the teams first district loss, the Bowie Lady Rabbits bounced back in a big way by taking down City View at home on Friday.
The Lady Rabbits were too much for the Lady Mustangs, winning a one-sided game easily 70-27.
Midway through the quarter both teams had scored a decent amount and Bowie’s lead was only 11-7. The Lady Rabbits would rally to end the quarter on a 12-0 run to go up 23-7 heading into the second quarter.
From there, it was no question Bowie had the game in hand. Its pressing defense wore down City View and produced many turnovers that created easy scoring chances in transition.
As the bench emptied for the Lady Rabbits, the intensity stayed up. It was a good thing because fouls were being called often on both teams as players got into foul trouble.
The Lady Mustangs were in the double-bonus with five minutes left to play in the second quarter. Still City View struggled to score while Bowie’s lead kept on growing, the Lady Rabbits lead 39-13 at halftime.
Even with Bowie calling off its press defense in the second half, the Lady Rabbits prevented the Lady Mustangs from scoring much. The Bowie team still forced turnovers by jumping passing lanes and collecting plenty of steals that led to more points.
Lady Rabbit post player Hope Jones scored 11 of her team high 15 points in the quarter before fouling out of the game near the end of the period. It did not matter much to the outcome of the game as Bowie’s lead was 61-17 heading into the fourth quarter.
There was a definite lack of intensity to end the game. The Lady Mustangs actually outscored the Lady Rabbits 10-9 as both teams just wanted the game to end by that point. Bowie would go on to win 70-27.
Bowie will have a tough week to finish the first round of district play. The team will travel to Holliday earlier in the week before taking on county rival Nocona at home at 6 p.m. on Jan. 24.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Nocona Lady Indians beat Saint Jo at home on Saturday morning.
The Lady Indians won 16-1 after four innings due to run-rule against the smaller school.
Nocona was coming off a competitive loss at Collinsville earlier in the week while the Lady Panthers were hoping to compete after a busy week of their athletes doing everything else besides just softball.
The Lady Indians easily won the first matchup between the teams in March, 19-2 and it was more of the same on Saturday.
Saint Jo struck first to start the game off well. Jordyn O’Neal hit a one out single. Krista Reeves followed with a walk after O’Neal had stolen second base and had advanced to third thanks to an error trying to throw her out. A wild pitch then allowed her to score to put the Lady Panthers up 1-0.
The lead did not last long. Nocona’s first two batters drew walks which set up Abby Hill to drive them both in with a single to right field.
Despite giving up a single and a walk later in the inning, Saint Jo’s defense did not allow another run. A line out and groundout to the shortstop while picking off a runner attempting to steal got the Lady Panthers out of the inning unscarred.
The Lady Indians led 2-1.
That was about as competitive as it got. In the second inning, Nocona’s bats got going. Two singles and a hit batter loaded the bases up with no outs.
Reagan Phipps drew a walk that drove in a run. Hill hit another two RBI single. Skye Kirby followed with a two RBI double.
After the first out, Allie Sutton drove in one run with a single. There was a fly out for out two, before a runner came in to score after a passed ball. Finally, an error allowed two more runs to score on the base paths.
Nocona had scored nine runs and led 11-1 to break the game open heading into the third inning.
Taylor Patrick hit a double, with O’Neal and Reeves following with singles. Unfortunately for Saint Jo, Patrick was thrown out before the hits attempting to steal a base so the Lady Panthers scored no runs from this.
The Lady Indians kept pouring on the runs. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases up with no outs. Tinley Cable then hit an RBI single. Shelby Swell was hit by a pitch that drove in another run.
After two strikeouts, Evelyn Marquez drove in two more runs on a double to put Nocona up 15-1, coming up one run short of ending the game early.
The Lady Indians scored that one run in the fourth inning. After Phipps drew a leadoff walk, Hill hit a triple that drove her in to end the game.
Nocona won 16-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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