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Bowie loses its first game 38-17

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The Bowie Jackrabbits lost their first game Friday night at Henrietta.
The Bearcats won the game 38-17 as the Jackrabbits failed to keep the score close from the beginning.
Bowie was coming into the game feeling good after wins against Nocona and Bridgeport in the first two weeks of the season. The Jackrabbits had never fallen behind in those games, but did in the first quarter.
Henrietta quarterback Braden Bell threw two touchdowns, one an 18-yard strike over the middle to Klein Essler and one a touch pass to receiver Baron Brown on a jet sweep to from two yards out. The Bearcats led 14-0 heading into the second quarter.
Bowie responded with its best drive of the night, marching down the field running the ball right down Henrietta’s throat with a lot of Matthew McCarty running the ball. He finished off the drive with a seven-yard run to cut the lead to 14-7 early in the quarter.
The Jackrabbits had another chance to score late in the quarter driving all the way down to the Bearcats’ 10-yard line. Unfortunately, they turned the ball over on downs.
With 1:50 before halftime, it looked like Bowie would go in trailing by only one score after a rough start.
Henrietta instead marched down the field quickly with big plays in the passing game as Bell found both Brown and receiver Fisher Pullen for big gains. The Bearcats capped the drive with a touchdown as Brown out jumped Bowie’s cornerback in the end zone for an 22-yard touchdown right before halftime, putting Henrietta up 21-7.
The chance to tie the game up and get momentum back never came back up again in the second half.
The Bearcats capped another scoring drive with a short touchdown run from Ty Deaton to push the lead to 28-7.
After another disappointing offensive drive for the Jackrabbits, Devin Melton kicked a great punt down to Henrietta’s one-yard line. The defense was then able to stuff the Bearcats for a loss and get a safety to cut the lead to 28-9.
If Bowie could take advantage of the short field and score quickly there was still just enough time for a fourth quarter comeback.
The Jackrabbits did not. When Henrietta got the ball back the team had another successful drive that was capped with Bell scoring on a short touchdown run to increase the lead to 35-9 with most of the fourth quarter still to play.
Bowie’s offense found some life on its next drive as Landon Felts hit Jake Fallis over the middle for a 46-yard touchdown pass. A good two-point conversion from Felts to Fallis cut the lead to 35-17 with 8:45 to play.
Down three scores, the Jackrabbits needed its defense to get a quick stop if they wanted to have any hope.
Instead the Bearcats embarked on a long drive that chewed up almost all of the remaining time in the game. With seven seconds left in the game, Henrietta converted on a 41-yard field goal to make the final score 38-17.

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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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