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Bowie wins on buzzer-beater

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The Bowie Jackrabbits broke their two-game losing streak in dramatic fashion at home on Tuesday night against Holliday.
Brody Armstrong’s shot at the buzzer went through the net to give the Jackrabbits the 47-45 win against one of the district’s best teams.
Bowie came into the game needing a win. The previous game saw the Jackrabbits lose a disappointing game against rival Nocona. Before that, the team had lost by 24 points against a still undefeated in district City View team.
The Eagles would not be any easier than either of those teams. Holliday’s only district loss so far had been against the Mustangs 64-50, a margin that was far and away the smallest of all the games City View had won so far in district play.
The Eagles also were coming off a win against the same Nocona team that had beaten Bowie the previous week.
The Jackrabbits had had Friday off and were also getting head coach Andy Atkins back from his weeklong absence due to illness heading into Tuesday’s game.
The game started with Holliday getting control early. While this Eagles’ team did concede some height to Bowie in the post, the physical, meticulously grind-it-out approach Holliday teams have played with for several seasons was more of the same. The Eagles led 9-5 most of the way through the first quarter.
Bowie was trying to speed up the pace of play by full-court pressing Holliday and pushing the ball whenever it could. The Jackrabbits were finally was able to string together a few good minutes, ending the first quarter on a 6-2 run to take the lead 12-11.
The second quarter saw both teams go back and forth, neither getting more than a one basket lead on the other.
Bowie was most successful when the pace was at a faster speed and the Eagles were more successful when the pace was more controlled. The teams went into halftime with the score tied 22-22.
The Jackrabbits started the second half well on a 6-2 run in the first two minutes to build a 30-24 lead. Bowie’s defense was doing a good job of shutting down Holliday’s shots around the basket. Both teams had a tough time scoring the rest of the third quarter until the final two minutes.
The Eagles jumped three passes for steals they took the other way and drew free throw opportunities. On the other hand, the Jackrabbits scored six more points to slightly improve their lead to 36-29 heading into the fourth quarter.
Holliday started the fourth quarter by scoring seven points in the first two and half minutes to tie the score at 36-36.
Bowie retook the lead as Riley Blackburn finished a dump off pass for a basket and then drew free throws on the next possession, making one to put the Jackrabbits up 39-36.
The Eagles leading scorer on the night Nathan Williams knocked in a 3-pointer to tie the score back up again at 39-39 with 4:10 left to play.
A minute later Holliday drew free throws and made one to put the team up by one. Next possession Bowie came back to take the lead 41-40 as Logan Hutson made a tough post up basket.
The Jackrabbits then played a minute of great defense that required multiple blocks near the basket before gaining back possession with 1:50 left in the game. Unfortunately, Bowie turned the ball over out of bounds 24 seconds later.
This allowed the Eagles to take the lead as Hayden Strealy made a tough basket near the rim to put Holliday up 42-41 with 1:11 left to play. The Jackrabbits answered on their next possession as Cade Thompson scored on a mid-range fadeaway to put them back up 43-42 with 55 seconds left.
The Eagles missed on their next possession. After Holliday had to foul multiple times to get into the bonus and force Bowie to shoot free throws, the Jackrabbits Brody Armstrong stepped up and made both of his foul shots to push the lead to 45-42 with 30 seconds left.
The Eagles Strealy came through again though, scoring on a tough shot near the rim through contact that also drew a foul. Strealy made his free throw to complete the three-point play and tie the score at 45-45 with 11 seconds left. Bowie would have the ball for the last shot in regulation.
Following a timeout, Armstrong dribbled the ball up the floor. He ran a pick and roll with Drew Weber, but Holliday switched on defense which did not allow him a runway to the basket.
Armstrong picked up his dribble and passed it to his right to Thompson. After making a quick dribble move to his right to see if he had space to either drive or pull up for a shot, Thompson had neither and quickly passed it back to Armstrong near the top of the key.
With time running out, Armstrong made one dribble inside the arc to his left to evade the closing the defender to get a little space before he pulled up for the mid-range shot right before another defender came to contest.
The ball seemed to roll in as time expired and the Jackrabbit team and fans went ballistic as Bowie won 47-45.

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Baseball Roundup

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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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Softball Roundup

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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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