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Jackrabbits bounce back with 63-40 win

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The Bowie Jackrabbits picked up a good win at home against Breckenridge on Tuesday.
The Jackrabbits won the game with little drama 63-40 thanks to some lock down defense at one point.
Bowie started off the game hot, rushing out to a 15-2 lead midway through the first quarter. Cade Thompson scored 11 points and made three 3-pointers during this early stretch.
After a timeout, the Buckaroos got themselves together. Their big frontline provided some challenges for the Jackrabbits with their size and skill. Breckenridge won the rest of the quarter 10-5, cutting the lead to 20-12.
With a bit of momentum heading into the second quarter, it looked like the Buckaroos might continue cutting into the lead.
Bowie was forced to go small due to foul troubles and for whatever reason, the press defense picked up and started causing chaos for Breckenridge. Jackrabbit defenders were flying all over the court, contesting hard even when an open shot became available.
Bowie on offense was able to penetrate against the Buckaroos zone defense and challenge their post players at the rim while also scoring some in transition.
The Jackrabbits slowly, but surely pulled away as the quarter went along. It wasn’t until afterwards that everyone realized Breckenridge had failed to score a single point in the second quarter.
With Bowie’s lead now 34-12, the Jackrabbits just needed to avoid collapsing themselves offensively to secure a win.
The third quarter saw the teams return to much more competitive play as the Buckaroos started the quarter 10-6 midway through. This is when they took a big hit as their biggest post presence fouled out of the game, despite not a ton of foul calls in the game.
This allowed Breckenridge to throw out its standard offense and just put the ball in the hands of its other versatile post player who had some perimeter skills as he started shooting 3-pointers.
The Buckaroos scored 22 points in the third quarter as this more wide open offense seemed to work as he scored 15 of those points.
This also was good for Bowie on offense because now there was little resistance at the rim. Breckenridge tried to switch to man-to-man defense to give up fewer outside shots, but several Jackrabbits were able to drive by their man and get layups.
The press was still causing some problems and the up and down nature of the game still led to Bowie getting some easy baskets off of turnovers.
The Jackrabbits lead had shrunk a bit, but not by much as they led 50-34 heading into the fourth quarter.
The game seemed to get real loose and sloppy at times during this period. After several turnovers in a row from Bowie because players were trying to score in transition, the team started to try and slow things down.
The Buckaroos offense was significantly cooled off from their third quarter explosion and the Jackrabbits just needed to wind down the clock, which is what they did in the final few minutes of the game. Bowie won 63-40.

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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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