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Bowie girls fall to Jim Ned 46-39

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits playoff run defying the odds came to an end on Tuesday as they battled state-ranked Jim Ned and almost pulled off another upset in Cisco.
The Lady Rabbits lost 46-39 as they gave the number two ranked team in the state a run for their money. The Lady Indians only pulled ahead thanks to some clutch free throw shooting down the stretch.
Bowie came in after winning close games against Peaster and Cisco in the playoffs, both teams were picked to win in those matchups.
While both of those teams were good, with Cisco ranked in the top 25 teams in the state, neither was as acclaimed as Jim Ned. The Lady Indians came in with only three losses on the season, the last one coming in 2019.
Powered by its suffocating defense, the Jim Ned team only allowed two teams to score more than 40 points during its 11 game winning streak, the Lady Indians were expected to easily win.
The game started and Jim Ned seemed one step ahead of the Lady Rabbits’ zone defense. Passes whizzed by defenders rotating late and the Lady Indians made a couple of wide open shots, giving them a 12-6 lead late in the quarter.
Bowie rallied as it went inside to senior post player Hope Jones. Being single covered, she went to work as she scored a couple of baskets and got to the free throw line, scoring seven points in the quarter.
The Lady Rabbits tightened up their defense and cut the lead to 14-12 heading to the second quarter.
Jim Ned had a good start to the quarter, scoring off a sequence when it got multiple offensive rebounds as well as getting an open shot in the opening minutes.
Midway through Bowie trailed 18-13 and slowly started to grind away that little bit of a lead. The Lady Rabbits just outplayed the Lady Indians during this stretch, forcing turnovers, hitting some perimeter shots, finding driving lanes and making it to the free throw line.
Bowie eventually took the lead 19-18 with a little more than a minute to play, but Jim Ned made a 3-pointer in the final minute to tie the score 21-21 heading into halftime.
While the second quarter was slow for both teams, the third proved to be even more so. The Lady Indians took the lead early as they took advantage of second and third chances at baskets thanks to offensive rebounds.
The Lady Rabbits could not get anything going from outside so they continued to dump the ball into Jones. She scored twice and got to the free throw line as she scored five of the team’s seven points in the quarter, but it was enough to keep up with Jim Ned.
It looked like the score was going to be tied at 28-28 heading into the final quarter, but a Lady Indian player took it coast to coast and made a pull-up jump shot at the buzzer to put Jim Ned up 30-28 heading into the fourth.
Both teams exchanged baskets in the opening thirty seconds of the quarter, but the pace slowed down after that. Despite being up only one score, the Lady Indians immediately started to try and hold the ball to run time off the clock.
The game stayed one score for most of the quarter until time started to run down. A crucial play almost turned the game as Bowie guard Brysen Richey stole a pass at midcourt. Down 37-35 with 3:17, a layup would tie the score and force Jim Ned to try and play offense.
Unfortunately, the layup with a defender in hot pursuit was no good. The Lady Indians got possession and the parade of free throw attempts started for Jim Ned. Bowie answered as Jones got to the free throw line again a made both free throws to cut the lead to 39-37 with 1:50 left to play
Bowie switched to a press defense to try and put pressure on the Lady Indians and it had some success, but did not create the chaos it did in the previous game.
The Lady Rabbits also went cold on offense as Jim Ned continued to draw free throws and knock them down as the one score game slowly widened and got away from Bowie.
The Lady Indians went 9-10 from the free throw line in the final 2:36 of the game to close it out, winning 46-39.

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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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