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BMX racer makes Bowie proud

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The first weekend of March saw the BMX Union Cycliste Internationale Lone Star Nationals races take place in Houston.
One Bowie resident did well enough to qualify for the nationals race event in May, 16-year-old Jacelyn Reno. The Bowie High School student finished among the top eight racers in the United States in the 17-24 age range.
It is her second time qualifying for the national race, her first time coming two years ago in 2017 when it was in America for the first time in 20 years. She got knocked out in the quaterfinals and finished among the top 32 riders in her age division in the world.
Jacelyn likes to say she was born into the sport of BMX.
“Well my dad actually raced when he was younger and he got my older siblings into it so ever since I was two weeks old I have been going out to the track,” Jacelyn said.
Besides being born into the sport, she was also born into her team. The team her father Sean started, Reno Racing, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. While it started with just riders, it from the Fort Worth area now includes riders from not only different states, but riders from England and Ireland as well.
“When her brothers and sisters started, there were local teams and national teams, but none of them had any spots for my kids or wasn’t interested in them,” Sean said. “I said well, I’ll start my own team.”
One older sibling, sister Shealen, makes her living as a professional BMX racer after a distinguished amateur record filled with multiple national titles. She has been a huge factor in helping Jacelyn within the sport.
“She kind of led the way for me,” Jacelyn said. “She has helped me. Everything I have achieved, she has definitely been my mentor through it all. I’ve been kind of her mini-me since I was itty-bitty. She practically trained me into a prodigy of her because she is pretty good.”
One of Jacelyn’s top accomplishments recently came at a local pro-am race, where professional riders raced with the amateurs. There Jacelyn beat Shealen for the first time in front of everyone.
“It definitely didn’t make her too happy, but it really helped me a lot to gain some confidence and learned nothing is impossible.”
Right now Jacelyn is enjoying her continued ascension in the world of BMX racing. If it can one day lead to a professional career and even an Olympic medal like her sister Shaelen is pursuing, that would be great, but Jacelyn is carving her own path.
“The whole school is backing me in this journey and I think it’s really cool that my high school is proud and that my town will be proud to have a world championship qualifier coming from Bowie,” Jacelyn said.

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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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