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Bears season comes to an end

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The Gold-Burg Bears magical season came to an end on Friday night.
The Bears lost their area playoff game to Gordon 82-37 to end the most successful season Gold-Burg football has possibly ever had.
The Bears came into the game on a four-game winning streak, all won by the 45-point mercy rule. The Longhorns would be a tougher matchup since Gordon came in with the same 9-2 record as Gold-Burg.
The Bears received the ball first and marched down the field on their first drive that ended with a short touchdown run from Jayon Grace. Gold-Burg then had a chance to go up two scores before the Longhorns had even gotten the ball as the team recovered the onside kick.
Unfortunately, the mistakes started to happen in the Bears’ execution. After getting behind the sticks, a pass was intercepted by Gordon at midfield. It did not take long for the Longhorns to turn that into points, power running right at Gold-Burg and scoring on a 19-yard run.
The good kick put Gordon up 8-6. On the Bear’s next offensive series, a bobbled snap allowed the Longhorns to recover the fumble. A few plays later and Gordon was running in a touchdown from 24 yards out to increase the lead to 14-6.
Gold-Burg bounced back with a successful offensive drive as Jayon got loose for a 28-yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 14-13. Before the first quarter ended though, the Longhorns quickly moved down the field on big plays and scored on a short run to make the score 22-13.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Bears’ offense stalled and turned the ball over on downs. Gold-Burg’s defense did come up with its first stop as a fumble was recovered by Will Hodges.
That did not spark the Bear’s offense though as the team stalled out again on their own side of the field. Gordon then scored on its next play on a 34-yard run to go up 28-13.
With the game looking dire for Gold-Burg, the team got a boost from its special teams. The Longhorns decided to kick a deep but returnable ball on the kickoff. Hodges returned the ball down the right sideline for a touchdown to cut the lead to 28-21.
Unfortunately, the defense still could not stop Gordon as the Longhorns scored quickly on a short run in their response to go back up two scores.
After learning its lesson, Gordon decided to try an onside kick. Not only was it recovered by Gold-Burg’s Jayon, he returned it for another touchdown on special teams, again cutting the lead to one score 36-29.
Unfortunately, the Bears defense just could not stop Gordon. A long 42-yard run up the middle again pushed the lead back to two scores.
It looked like it was about to get worse. The Longhorns recovered the onside kick. Fortunately, Gold-Burg’s defense came up with its second stop, forcing Gordon to turn it over on downs deep in the Bears’ territory.
With less than two minutes to go before halftime, Gold-Burg needed to move the ball far and fast. The Bears did as they moved inside the Longhorns 20-yard line, but just ran out of time.
Gordon led 44-29 at halftime and was getting the ball first in the third quarter.
The Longhorns hit their stride in the second half as Gold-Burg’s defense continued to have no answer while the Bear’s offense kept making self inflicted mistakes that killed drives.
The Longhorns scored on their first three possessions of the first half to increase the lead to 68-29. During this time the Bear’s offense had been forced into a turnover on downs and had failed to recover an onside kick.
On Gold-Burg’s next offensive drive, the team executed and quickly drove down the field like it had in the first half. The Bears then scored on a nine-yard run from Jayon to cut the lead to 68-37. Unfortunately, it would be the last positive thing for Gold-Burg.
Gordon returned the favor from earlier in the game as a player recovered the Bears onside kick and returned it for a touchdown.
Gold-Burg’s offense stalled once more and the Longhorns scored shortly after, making the extra point to end the game early with the final score being 82-37.

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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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