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Bowie girls fall to Brock in OT 41-39

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits season came to an end Monday night as they lost a close one in overtime to Brock in their bi-district playoff game.
The Lady Eagles won 41-39 thanks to a basket in the final seconds.
It was a rematch between the two teams from the previous year’s bi-district game. In that one, the Lady Rabbits made clutch free throws in the final seconds to win the game.
Monday’s game was similar despite this year’s Bowie team being made up of almost all different players and coaches.
The first quarter Brock led for most of the time. The Lady Rabbits initially had trouble scoring against the Lady Eagles tough man-to-man defense early on.
Brock made a couple of 3-pointers that got Bowie out of its initial zone defense which meant dealing with the Lady Eagles better size when they attacked the paint was a full-team effort for the scrappy Lady Rabbits.
Bowie’s offense got a jolt when Ziba Robbins came off the bench and scored eight points in the quarter.
In the final seconds, a steal and layup from Addie Farris at the buzzer put the Lady Rabbits up 12-10 heading into the second quarter.
Most of the second quarter was a defensive struggle. Brock was turning the ball quite a bit and though it was drawing free throw attempts, the Lady Eagles did not have a great night shooting from the line.
A couple of turnovers allowed Bowie to score two baskets in a minute to go back up, but the score was tied 16-16 in the final few minutes. Maddie Mandela sunk a 3-pointer to give the Lady Rabbits a 19-16 lead at halftime.
The third quarter was easily the highest scoring of the game. Brock was able to finish more shots around the rim and even make a 3-pointer.
Fortunately, Bowie was able to keep its lead. Farris made two 3-pointers and Neely Price added another. Both Taygon Jones and Mandela made their free throws and the Lady Rabbits held a slim 32-29 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
After neither team had much luck scoring nearly the first half of the quarter, Bowie tried to stall to run time off the clock. Mandela’s two free throws gave the Lady Rabbits a 34-29 lead midway through.
Brock got two big 3-pointers from senior Hallie McPherson in the next minute that tied the score at 35-35 following a free throw from Price earlier.
With 1:31 left in the game, both teams’ chances to score missed and attempts to hold for the final shot were turned over. The Lady Eagles shot a corner 3-pointer with seconds to play that missed which sent the game to overtime.
Brock took the lead early with several inside drives to the basket that went in. A Robbins made free throw cut the lead to 39-36 heading into the final two minutes.
Mandela came through with a 3-pointer following an offensive rebound that tied the score at 39-39 with 50 seconds left.
Again both teams tried to hold for final shots, but turnovers or misses both ways eventually gave the ball to Brock with time to run one play. The Lady Eagles again found a way to finish through contact on a cut to the rim that also drew a foul. Brock missed its 10th free throw and Bowie got the rebound and called a timeout with five seconds left.
Underneath their own basket, the Lady Rabbits would have to dribble up the entire length of the court to get off better than a prayer of a shot.
After several time outs, Bowie did inbound the ball and was able to get all the way to the basket. Unfortunately, the ball handler lost control of the ball and it went out of bounds off the Lady Rabbits with less than a second left to seal the win for Brock 41-39.

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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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