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Lady Rabbits lose at Holliday
The Bowie Lady Rabbits fell at Holliday on Tuesday night in a game that got away from them in the second half.
The Lady Eagles parade to the free throw line led the way to winning 46-39.
The first half was low scoring, but competitive. The Lady Rabbits did not have a good start to the game as no shots were going in. The defense kept the game close, but Holliday led 8-3 heading into the second quarter.
Bowie’s offense came alive as four different players scored. The Lady Rabbits defense kept the Lady Eagles from extending their lead. Bowie actually took the lead 16-15 heading into halftime.
The third quarter was flipped from the second quarter as Holliday’s offense started to come alive, thanks in large part to Sarah Cowan.
In the previous game against Nocona, the Lady Eagles had done some damage from the 3-point line. Not wanting that to happen against Bowie, Coach Joe Crabb made it an emphasis to not let Holliday get clean looks from outside.
The Lady Eagles, and Cowan especially, adjusted, driving hard to the rim and getting to the free throw line a lot, especially in the second half.
Cowan made eight of her nine free throws as Holliday took the lead 28-23 heading into the fourth quarter.
Both teams scored in double-figures in the fourth quarter, as Bowie knocked in three 3-pointers and had six different players score points.
Unfortunately, the free throws kept coming for Holliday, with 16 of its 18 points coming from free throws in the fourth quarter alone. This was enough to hold off the hard charging Lady Rabbits as the Lady Eagles won 46-39.
After playing Nocona on Friday, the Lady Rabbits start the second round of district play at Henrietta at 6 p.m. on Jan. 28.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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