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Indians battle past Jackrabbits

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The Nocona Indians got their first district win at rival Bowie on Tuesday in a game neither team was looking to lose.
The Indians won 62-54 in a game that has been almost a year in the making.
Both teams return almost all of its starters from last year, as the teams split last years’ games, with the winner each winning on the other’s home floor.
Nocona’s record was 0-2 in district, having lost a close district game to Henrietta before losing to reigning district champ City View before the Tuesday’s game.
The Jackrabbits had just lost to City View the previous game, but before that had decisive district wins against Jacksboro and Henrietta.
Bowie had to play the game without its head coach as Andy Atkins was out sick. His assistant coach and wife Ashley had to take on the role. Nocona was without three bench players.
The game started with the Jackrabbits playing better. The team was moving the ball well, made a couple of 3-pointers and was looking like the best team that night.
The Indians only field goals were two made 3-pointers, but point guard Lyndon Fenoglio was able to get to the free throw line a couple of times in what would turn out to be a trend.
Both teams were dealing with foul issues from the start as each drew four fouls each, but Nocona would lean into how the game was being called better as the game went along.
Bowie led 16-9 after the first quarter.
The Jackrabbits looked like they might start to run away with the game midway through the second quarter. Bowie was spreading the scoring out and built up a double-digit 27-16 lead.
The Indians did a good job of coming back as their defense allowed only one more field goal for the rest of the quarter. Nocona was able to make some more shots around the basket while drawing 10 free throws in the quarter.
The Indians cut the lead to one basket 29-26 heading into halftime.
The Jackrabbits were mostly led by Brody Armstrong in the third quarter. Armstrong scored 10 of his team’s 14 points as they led for most of the quarter.
It was close for most of the quarter until Bowie built a 42-37 lead with two minutes left. Nocona was able to close the quarter on a 7-1 run to take its first lead since early in the first quarter.
The Indians led 44-43 heading into the fourth quarter.
It was back and forth up until midway through the quarter. Bowie was able to get a two basket lead 50-46 midway through the final period.
Nocona was then able to get the lead when Fenoglio made a 3-pointer with 3:48 left to play. From there the Indians would not drop the lead.
Nocona would go on to shoot 11 more free throws until the end of the game, making eight of them to up its lead.
Bowie was able to cut the lead down to one basket a couple of times, but just could not force the turnovers or make enough shots to come back.
The Indians won 62-54.

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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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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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