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Bowie boys lose 70-60 shorthanded on road
The Bowie Jackrabbits lost a close game at 4A Krum on Tuesday right before the holiday break.
The Bobcats won 70-60 against a Jackrabbit team that was without some players.
The big loss for Bowie was starting center Riley Blackburn, who was out with an injury. With Krum coming in with a size advantage at most positions, the Jackrabbits missing their tallest player meant the whole team had to adjust.
“Losing our big guy hurt us,” Coach Andy Atkins said. “So we had some guys who had to play out of position a bit. Guard guys they aren’t used to having to guard.”
Krum tried to use that size advantage by trying to bully its way to close shots at the rim, not taking many perimeter shots.
Bowie battled well to keep pace, making three 3-pointers in the first quarter as the team trailed only 18-16.
It was more of the same in the second quarter as well. Both teams scored at a good clip, with the Jackrabbits making enough shots to hang around, but still trailing 39-34 at halftime.
The offensive pace settled down a little bit and less shots went in for Bowie.
The team still competed well with the Bobcats, but the lead grew a little bit 52-47 heading into the fourth quarter.
All 13 of the Jackrabbits points came from Brody Armstrong and Logan Hutson in the quarter. It was not enough to comeback against Krum as the team made its only two 3-pointers of the game as the lead grew to double-digits at the end.
The Bobcats won 70-60.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Nocona Lady Indians beat Saint Jo at home on Saturday morning.
The Lady Indians won 16-1 after four innings due to run-rule against the smaller school.
Nocona was coming off a competitive loss at Collinsville earlier in the week while the Lady Panthers were hoping to compete after a busy week of their athletes doing everything else besides just softball.
The Lady Indians easily won the first matchup between the teams in March, 19-2 and it was more of the same on Saturday.
Saint Jo struck first to start the game off well. Jordyn O’Neal hit a one out single. Krista Reeves followed with a walk after O’Neal had stolen second base and had advanced to third thanks to an error trying to throw her out. A wild pitch then allowed her to score to put the Lady Panthers up 1-0.
The lead did not last long. Nocona’s first two batters drew walks which set up Abby Hill to drive them both in with a single to right field.
Despite giving up a single and a walk later in the inning, Saint Jo’s defense did not allow another run. A line out and groundout to the shortstop while picking off a runner attempting to steal got the Lady Panthers out of the inning unscarred.
The Lady Indians led 2-1.
That was about as competitive as it got. In the second inning, Nocona’s bats got going. Two singles and a hit batter loaded the bases up with no outs.
Reagan Phipps drew a walk that drove in a run. Hill hit another two RBI single. Skye Kirby followed with a two RBI double.
After the first out, Allie Sutton drove in one run with a single. There was a fly out for out two, before a runner came in to score after a passed ball. Finally, an error allowed two more runs to score on the base paths.
Nocona had scored nine runs and led 11-1 to break the game open heading into the third inning.
Taylor Patrick hit a double, with O’Neal and Reeves following with singles. Unfortunately for Saint Jo, Patrick was thrown out before the hits attempting to steal a base so the Lady Panthers scored no runs from this.
The Lady Indians kept pouring on the runs. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases up with no outs. Tinley Cable then hit an RBI single. Shelby Swell was hit by a pitch that drove in another run.
After two strikeouts, Evelyn Marquez drove in two more runs on a double to put Nocona up 15-1, coming up one run short of ending the game early.
The Lady Indians scored that one run in the fourth inning. After Phipps drew a leadoff walk, Hill hit a triple that drove her in to end the game.
Nocona won 16-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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