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Bowie boys lose in Holliday 56-39

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The Bowie Jackrabbits lost a tough game at Holliday on Friday after week from their last game.
The Jackrabbits offense fell flat in the second half as the Eagles coasted to a 56-39 with a parade of free throws at the end.
Bowie started the game well against the big and physical front line of Holliday. Cade Thompson had a great start to the game, making two 3-pointers and scoring nine of the team’s 13 points in the first quarter.
The Jackrabbits did a lot of switching defenses from possession to possession, pressing after some made baskets and going into a two-three zone or just straight up man defense.
All of it was to try and keep the Eagles post players from getting the ball cleanly and scoring around the basket.
It was a team effort, but Bowie did a good job of making every shot a tough contest and Holliday’s players struggled to finish.
Bowie did a good job of finding lanes and driving to the rim, finishing among tough contests and even earning a few free throws. Brody Armstrong came off the bench to score seven points in the first half for the Jackrabbits.
The Eagles got a lift in the first half from Nathan Williams off the bench. He made four 3-pointers and finished with 13 points, half of his teams points during that time. Thanks to him, Holliday led 26-24 heading into halftime.
The second half did not start well for Bowie. The Eagles immediately scored baskets on their first three possessions, even finishing inside and doing what they wanted with little opposition. Up 32-24 barley a minute into the second half, the back-and-forth nature of the first half was broken open.
The Jackrabbits would need to answer with a run themselves but turnovers, forced and unforced, prevented them from getting into any sort of a flow. Creating good looks at the basket seemed to be harder and outside shots were not going in.
Thompson scored on two baskets and scored five points, but Bowie only scored eight in the quarter as a team.
While the defense did eventually come back to make things more difficult for Holliday as the quarter went along, The Jackrabbits did not completely shut the Eagles down for the rest of the quarter.
Holliday scored enough to stretch its lead to nearly double-digits 41-32 heading into the fourth quarter.
A big run or a flurry of consecutive baskets never came for Bowie as the team’s offense continued to struggle. Even if the Jackrabbits defense would have somehow held the Eagles scoreless for the whole quarter, the Jackrabbits seven points would have fallen short of coming back.
Unfortunately, Holliday did continue to score mostly thanks to the 17 free throw attempts in the final quarter since Bowie was not just going to sit there and let them run the clock out. The increased defensive intensity did not lead to many turnovers or easy baskets in transition for the Jackrabbits either.
The Eagles did not shoot a high percentage from the free throw line, but made enough down the stretch to make the final score 56-39.

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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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