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Bowie girls win bi-district game

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits survived a fourth quarter rally against Peaster on Monday in the bi-district playoff game at Graham.
The Lady Rabbits pulled ahead in the final seconds thanks to some clutch free throws to win 56-54 after dominating for three quarters against the Lady Greyhounds.
Bowie came in as underdogs from outside observers, with Peaster’s only two losses in the last 14 games coming against state-ranked Brock.
The Lady Rabbits played zone defense that trapped shooters in the corners and converged anytime a Peaster player tried to drive into the lane. After an early basket from the Lady Greyhounds in the first minute and half, Bowie shut them down the rest of the quarter.
The Lady Rabbits forced many turnovers or errant passes out of bounds. Open perimeter shots were heavily contested. Outside of one sequence Peaster grabbed two offensive rebounds, Bowie rebounded pretty well.
Peaster tried to press the Lady Rabbits when they could as the front of its press featured long athletes who were troublesome to pass around. Still, the Lady Greyhounds were not able to set it up only scoring once all quarter.
In the half-court Peaster played an aggressive perimeter focused zone defense. The Lady Greyhounds were trying to jump pass lanes and slanted its defense to whatever side the ball was on.
Bowie exploited this with post player Hope Jones inside, who was left one-on-one with not much help coming. She scored twice inside in the first quarter and much more as the game wore on.
The other hole was the player left open on the weak side perimeter. If a Lady Rabbits made the risky pass all the way to the other side, that player was either open for a 3-point shot or was able to drive by a late defender coming to close in on them.
Brysen Richey made a 3-point shot and while it was not a big lead, Bowie led 7-2 heading into second quarter.
Things picked up offensively for both teams. Despite how physical the game was being played, not many fouls were being called for either team in the first half.
The Lady Rabbits more than doubled their points in the first three minutes of the second quarter before Peaster scored its second basket of the game. Jasmine Jones came off the bench at one point in the quarter, scoring five points and grabbing some rebounds to keep Bowie’s lead climbing.
The Lady Greyhounds finally made a 3-pointer before the half was up, but the mostly underclassmen team was showing their age as the Lady Rabbits poised and physical play had them leading 24-13 at halftime.
Peaster had called off its press defense for a large chunk of the second quarter, but decided to come out in the third looking to press.
Bowie attacked the press, getting through the long front line with little trouble. The Lady Rabbits got the ball to Jones, who was able to finish at the basket before the rest of the defense could set up as she scored six points in the quarter.
Things started picking up in intensity on both sides. A double-technical was called at one point as the physical play led to frustration for the Lady Greyhounds as Bowie’s lead continued to grow.
As large as 16 points at one point, the Lady Rabbits went into the fourth quarter leading 37-23 as it looked like they would coast to a well played double-digit win.
Peaster would not go out without a fight. Freshman guards Payton Hull and Brooklyn Bosher had only combined to score 16 points in the first three quarters as the Lady Grehounds tried to play within the offensive structure, which led to a lot of turnovers or contested shots.
In the fourth these two players went off, coming to score 27 points. Hull made three 3-pointers and got to the line several times while Bosher started knocking in mid-range shots and finishing at the rim.
Bowie was still scoring at its normal pace, but the Lady Greyhounds were coming in hot. The intensity was up even more and both teams were rewarded with free throw attempts neither were getting in the first half. The Lady Rabbits were not making them at a good clip while Peaster kept getting closer and closer.
The Lady Greyhounds cut it to one point 46-45 with 3:15 left in the game. In the next minute Bowie would get itself some room as Taygon Jones knocked in a pair of free throws, Jones scored on a mid-range shot and Abbi Gamblin scored on a layup after a steal from Jayci Logan.
The Lady Rabbits led 52-45 with two minutes left and looked like they might have just survived a scare.
Peaster would not go away. Hull quickly earned herself a trip to the free throw line and made both. Bowie was trying to stall, but back-to-back steals were converted to baskets, including one with a foul that tied the game at 52-52 when the Lady Greyhounds knocked down the free throw with 53 seconds left.
Trying to keep up its aggressive run, Peaster accidently fouled Logan immediately after on the inbound’s play. She made one of two to immediately give the Lady Rabbits the lead back 53-52 with 51 seconds left.
The Lady Greyhounds then took back the lead on a layup with 30 seconds left. After breaking the press, Bowie got the ball to Gamblin who was fouled on her shot attempt with 22 seconds left.
Even after a time out that tried to freeze her at the line, Gamblin made both free throws to give the lead back to the Lady Rabbits 55-54.
Peaster got some shots off around the basket, but they did not go in. The Lady Greyhounds were able to keep possession as the ball bounced all over. With the the play threatening to get out of control, Peaster’s coach called a time out with six seconds left to draw up a final play.
Bowie did a great job of covering on defense as the Lady Greyhounds did not inbound within five seconds, turning the ball over to the Lady Rabbits.
Richey was fouled with four seconds left and sent to the free throw line, making the first but missing the second shot.
Peaster could still win with a 3-pointer as the team raced up the court. The shot was a just inside of the half-court logo shot on a run that proved too strong. The Lady Rabbits won 56-54.
Things do not get any easier. The Lady Rabbits next play Cisco at Mineral Wells on Friday. The Lady Loboes were ranked 24th in the state in the last Texas Association of Basketball Coach poll, with their last loss coming in 2019.

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Saint Jo vs Bellevue
The Saint Jo Panthers got out of their early season funk as they beat fellow 1A Bellevue twice last week on two different days.
The Panthers won the first high-scoring game 15-9 before shut out the Eagles 10-0 in the second game.
Saint Jo had a rough beginning to its season, with mostly ugly losses and only one win.
Bellevue came in with no wins, but it was not unexpected due to it being the Eagles first year as a program since the late 1990s.
Bellevue led the first game for most of it scoring five runs in the first inning and just holding off the Panthers 5-4 heading into the sixth inning.
Saint Jo then caught fire, scoring six runs in the sixth inning to take its first lead since the first inning. The Eagles kept it close and scored four runs to make it a one run game 10-9 heading into the final inning.
The game had to be postponed due to Bellevue’s new field not having any lights to play past a certain time.
When the game was picked up three days later, the Panthers added five more run to their lead. The Eagles could not answer and Saint Jo won the game 15-9.
Devein Stewart and Logan Hoover led the Panthers four RBIs each while Charlie Evans and R Forrester drove in two runs each.
Trent Gaston pitched 4.1 innings and allowed two runs and struck out seven batters to lead the team.
Saint Jo’s defense committed four errors.
For Bellevue, Brayden Moore led the team with three RBIs while Bryce Ramsey and Ryan Jones each drove in two runs.
Ramsey pitched five innings and allowed four runs while striking out nine batters to lead the team.
The second game picked up right after the end of the first game. Unfortunately for the Eagles, the second game went similarly to the end of first game.
Saint Jo scored three runs in the first inning, four in the second inning and three in the third inning.
The Panther defense shut out Bellevue and the game ended with Saint Jo winning 10-0 after four and half innings due to run rule.
Sam Martin led the Panthers with four RBIs while Evans drove in two runs. Stewart pitched three innings and allowed one hit and one walk while striking out six batters. Hoover pitched two innings and struck out four batters while allowing no hits and walking two batters. The team committed no fielding errors.
For Bellevue, River Trail got the only hit in the game for the team. The team drew three walks, but could not get on base.
Blake Reese led the team with two innings pitched and three earned runs on two hits and five walks while striking out two batters. The defense committed no fielding errors.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost their second game against Muenster on Friday on the road.
The Indians lost 10-0 after five innings due to run-rule as the Hornets picked up all of their runs in one horrible inning for Nocona.
The score was tied at 0-0 heading into the bottom of the third inning. The Indian defense had navigated one out singles the first two innings without letting it morph into anything threatening.
Unfortunately, the third inning saw Muenster get going from the first batter.
Five singles, two doubles, two walks and a hit batter later saw the Hornets score 10 runs.
Nocona’s bats had been able to get someone on base in most innings despite Walker Murphey getting the team’s only base hit, but could not get a run to score.
The Indian defense did bounce back to not allow any runs in the fourth or fifth inning, but with no runs coming through for Nocona, the game ended after five innings.
Muenster won 10-0.

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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians lost at home on Friday night against Muenster.
The Lady Hornets won 9-0, with most of the damage coming in the fourth inning against the Lady Indians.
Nocona gave up two runs in the first inning, but kept the game within reach after shutting out Muenster in the second and third innings.
Then came the fourth inning. Five fielding errors and two singles contributed to the Lady Hornets scoring six runs to go up 8-0.
The Lady Indians struggled to get their bats going all game though they did get some base runners that could have been worked home with some timely plays in other games.
Muenster added one more run in the sixth inning to make the final score 9-0.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost a shootout at Era on Friday night.
The Lady Hornets won 25-15 in a game that ended early after six innings due to run-rule.
Saint Jo was trailing the early part of the game down 9-1 after three innings.
The Lady Panthers then had a huge offensive inning, scoring nine runs in the fourth inning to go up 10-9.
Era bounced back in the same inning and scored three runs to retake the lead 12-10, but Saint Jo then scored four runs in the fifth inning and one in the sixth inning as it lead 15-12.
The Lady Hornets then embarked on an inning from hell for the Lady Panthers, more than doubling their score and not ending until Era was up by 10 runs to end the game early.
The Lady Hornets had scored 13 runs to win 25-15.

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Nocona’s Stone signs to play football

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Nocona senior Johnny Stone, son of Chelsi and Haydan, signed his letter of intent to play football at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie on Monday. Stone played running back and linebacker for Nocona on varsity for three years, helping the Indians go from two wins his first season to winning 16 games the last two seasons that resulted in playoff berths and a district title this past season. Stone has also spent time playing baseball, golf, basketball and track during his four years at Nocona. “They have a great program there,” Stone said. “Their business and financing program, it is five years for a masters so I thought that was a really good choice. They have a nice indoor gym. They really focus on the relgious part of school.” Stone plans to focus on business and financing major with maybe a minior in religious beliefs.

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