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Lady Rabbits beat City View 74-51

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits stayed undefeated in district with a win at home against City View on Tuesday.
The Lady Rabbits blew the game open in the second half to win by a comfortable margin 74-51.
This wasn’t the typical Lady Mustangs’ team of the past. City View possessed several quick guards who caused Bowie some problems in the first half.
The Lady Rabbits’ full-court press and trapping defense forced some turnovers that led to points in the first quarter. Bowie elected to get to their spots and try to shoot over the Lady Mustangs zone defense. Some shots went in, but the Lady Rabbits also crashed the offensive glass for some easy points and multiple chances to score.
Bowie scored 22 points in the first quarter and usually would be in firm control of the game by the end of it in the past. This City View team punched back.
The Lady Mustangs were able to break through the press several times and create scoring chances with their speed. City View also did a good job of drawing fouls, with the Lady Rabbits picking up eight in the first quarter alone.
Bowie led after the first, but the Lady Mustangs were not far behind 22-16.
The second quarter was not nearly as explosive as the first was. The Lady Rabbits had fewer opportunities to attack in transition with City View taking better care of the ball.
Less shots from outside were going in and players were hesitant to drive into the paint where most of the Lady Mustangs defense was.
Almost all of Bowie’s good looks in the second quarter came thanks to the team continuing to grab offensive rebounds that led to free throws. Unfortunately, the team made only half of its 10 attempts and made only one field goal in the quarter.
City View continued to create chances on offense, making two 3-pointers and making their free throws to take the lead right before halftime 30-29.
The Lady Rabbits were in an unexpected fight and had to turn up their intensity after such a lackluster second quarter. Bowie did with its press.
Thanks to some minor adjustments and an increased emphasis to get after the Lady Mustangs ball handlers, the Lady Rabbits turned the game around.
Bowie caused several turnovers that stifled any offensive momentum City View had going. These turnovers led to some easy points which got the Lady Rabbits back the lead quickly as well and fueled their defensive intensity.
In the half court, Bowie also made the adjustment to place someone in the middle of the Lady Mustangs zone so the Lady Rabbits were not always attacking from the outside-in, but inside-out as well.
Everything was working for Bowie as the team trailing by one at halftime was now leading 54-40 heading into the fourth quarter.
City View’s points mostly came from 3-pointers in the second half, but were not making them at near high enough clip to keep up with the Lady Rabbits scoring.
Bowie was the aggressor for the entirety of the second half. The early foul trouble in the first half never became an issue as it was the Lady Rabbits now getting to the free throw line, missing only three of their 15 attempts in the second half.
Bowie’s lead kept growing as the game went on even when the bench was cleared and most of the starters were out. The Lady Rabbits made the final score the expected result as they won 74-51.

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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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