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Bowie holds on against Aubrey 48-46

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The Bowie Jackrabbit basketball team came back from the holidays to host 4A Aubrey on Monday afternoon.
The Jackrabbits held on to win a close game 48-46 that the Chaparrals had a chance to win late.
Bowie came into the game having last played in a blowout win against Wichita Christian the previous week. Before that, the team only played one game at its final tournament because of a team wide sickness.
The Jackrabbits needed this game with district play starting later this week.
Aubrey came in missing their tall post which left the Chaparrals not particularly big when compared to Bowie.
Aubrey made up for it by pushing the ball extremely fast on offense with its guards and pressuring the ball a bit in the back court on defense.
The game started and the Jackrabbits led from the jump, building a 13-7 lead at one point before the Chaparrals closed it to 15-11 heading into the second quarter.
Both teams struggled to score in the second quarter as neither broke double-digits. Bowie got to the free throw line quite a bit, but only made two of its nine attempts.
The Jackrabbits barely got the lead back before halftime as they led 21-20.
Aubrey came out in the third quarter with more energy for whatever reason and grabbed the lead for most of the period. The team made three 3-pointers and scored 15 points in the quarter.
Despite the Chaparrals lack of elite size, the team did a good job of contesting drives at the basket which led to Bowe ball handlers kicking the ball out to shooters.
Not many open shots were going in for the Jackrabbits besides stretch big Drew Weber hitting to back in the first quarter.
A.J. Whatley made one after a scramble for the ball in the third quarter, but the team was cold for most of the game.
The team did make an effort to find post player Riley Blackburn for dump offs and he did a good job of finishing most of these opportunities, scoring six of his 11 points in the third quarter.
Unfortunately, the team lost him for the rest of the game when he dove for a loose ball and collided with a teammate.
The Jackrabbits closed Aubrey’s lead down to one point 35-34 heading into the fourth quarter.
Both teams seemed locked together for the first half of the final period. Every time Bowie would tie the score, the Chaparrals would make a timely 3-pointer to get back the lead.
With the score tied at 41-41, the Jackrabbits finally put together a stretch to grab the lead.
A couple of turnovers led to five points from Brody Armstrong and Weber making a clutch 3-pointer to push the lead to 48-41 with only 2:42 left to play.
Bowie was able to run some clock off, but could not make Aubrey pay from the free throw line. The Chaparrals knocked in some free throw attempts and their leading scorer Zac Hamilton, who scored a game high 22 points, made his sixth 3-pointer to get the game within one basket 48-46 with 17 seconds left.
After another missed free throw from the Jackrabbits, Aubrey rebounded the ball and shot a 3-pointer for the win with little time remaining.
It missed and Bowie got the rebound and sent to the free throw line with less than a second left.
Even with another missed free throw, it was not enough time for the Chaparrals to attempt a full court heave as the Jackrabbits held on to win 48-46.
Armstrong led Bowie with 16 points, scoring half of them in the crucial fourth quarter. Blackburn (11) and Weber (10) joined him in double-figures.

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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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