SPORTS
Bowie baseball wins 10-0, softball loses 7-3
Bowie
The Bowie Jackrabbits team beat Henrietta on Friday night at home.
The Jackrabbits won 10-0 in five innings due to run-rule to finish off the first round of district play.
Kawlyer Swearingin got the start on the mound and ran into some trouble in the first inning. The Bearcats hit three singles in the inning. Thankfully, the left-handed Swearingin was able to pick off one for an out and a fly out at center field. Following a single to right field, the runner on second base was trying to score. Devin Melton gunned down the runner at home for the third out.
The Jackrabbits were able to take the lead in their first times up to bat. Cade Thompson hit a single with out. After stealing second base, Carson Sanders drove him in following a bunt somehow.
After Swearingin’s first inning, Henrietta’s only other hit came in the fifth inning. The only other baserunners for the Bearcats came from drawing three walks the next four innings.
Bowie added to its lead in the third inning. Swearingin drove in two runs on a single with the bases loaded to go up 3-0.
The Bearcats best chance to score again came in the fourth inning. Two straight walks and a wild pitch put two base runners in scoring position with only one out. Swearingin struck out the next batter and forced a groundout at first base to get out of the jam.
The Bowie bats really woke up in the same inning. Kynan DeMoss drove in a run on a sacrifice fly. Thompson hit a single that drove in a run. Brody Armstrong scored on a passed ball and Thompson later did on a wild pitch. Melton drew a walk with he bases loaded for another run. Finally, Jake Fallis scored on a wild pitch to make it 9-0 before the third out.
The Bearcats tried to get a two-out rally going with their first hit since the first inning, but it did not lead to anything.
The Jackrabbits needed to score only one run to end the game early. With the bases loaded and only one out, Fallis came through with a single that drove in that run to end the game due to run-rule.
Bowie won 10-0.
Softball
The Bowie Lady Rabbits lost a competitive game against Henrietta at home on Friday night.
The Lady Cats won 7-3 after taking the lead in the fourth inning and never giving it up.
The two teams went back and forth in the first two innings scoring one runs.
Kenzie Short led off for the Lady Rabbits drawing a walk and made it around to third base before a passed ball allowed her to score in the first inning.
In the second inning, Maddie Mandela hit a line drive single with two runners on base that drove in one to tie the score at 2-2.
The Lady Cats would take the lead scoring one run in the fourth inning, two in the fifth and two more in the seventh inning to take a 7-2 lead.
Bowie would need to score five runs or more to comeback, but it had the top of its lineup coming up. Short led off and hit an inside the park home run to cut the lead to 7-3 and give her team a morale boost.
Unfortunately, two of the next three batters struck out and none were able to get on base as the game ended.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
With baseball state tournament about to get under way this week, the district baseball honors were released for the district 10-2A which includes Nocona.
With the team missing the playoffs maybe the Indians were not as well represented as some other teams, but still some Nocona players were honored.
Wesley Murphey earned the highest honor as he was named second team all-district pitcher.
Fellow pitcher and brother Walker Murphey was named honorable mention along with outfielder Miguel Olivares and utility player Charlie Fuller.
To see photos of all four pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie BMX race park is hosting its busiest weekend of the year.
The park is scheduled to host three days of racing from June 10-12 with people from all over the state and even further expected to travel to Bowie to take part.
On June 10 is the Bob Warnicke scholarship race using single points format. Sign-ups start at 5 p.m. and go all the way up until races start at 7 p.m.
On June 11 is the Race for Life leukemia fundraiser and pro-am that will also be using single point format. Sign-ups start at 4 p.m. and will go until races start at 6 p.m.
June 12 is expected to be the busiest day as it will be at state championship qualifier races. Sign-ups begin at 9:30 a.m. and will go until 11 a.m. when the races will start.
Spectators are welcome to come free of charge with parking free as well. Concessions will be available for cold drinks to keep spectators hydrated and full.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
With the arrival of June comes increasing temperatures, camps galore for kids and for high school athletes making time to get ready for next school year.
For Bowie, incoming boy’s 7th-12th graders will practice Monday through Thursday starting June 12.
On Mondays and Wednesdays high school will do football skills and junior high athletes will do basketball drills from 7:30-8:30 a.m. They will switch on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Workouts will follow and go from 8:30-9:30 a.m. except on Tuesdays which will be before the skills at 6:30-7:30 a.m.
The Bowie girl workouts will start the same week for incoming 7th-12th graders. The workouts are scheduled every day for 7:30-8:30 a.m.
On Mondays and Wednesday’s, the high school girls will practice basketball and junior high volleyball from 8:30-9:30 a.m. On Tuesdays and Thursdays it will be reversed.
Bowie is expected to take the week of July 4th off to give athletes a break before ramping back up for the start of August.
For Nocona athletes, incoming 7th-12th grade boys and girls will start summer workouts on June 5. The workouts will be Monday through Thursday and go from 8-10:30 a.m.
They are scheduled to take the week of July 4th off and are expecting to take another week or two off at some point during the summer.
At Saint Jo, workouts start on June 5 and will be Monday through Thursday for incoming 7th-12th graders. The week of July 4th and the final week of July athletes will have off.
Every day strength and conditioning will go 8-9 a.m. On Monday through Wednesday, there will be an hour that follows for sport specific skill work. On Mondays and Wednesdays it will be football and volleyball. On Tuesdays it will be basketball.
At Prairie Valley, incoming junior high and high school athletes are scheduled to start summer workouts on June 6. Sessions will be from 8-11 a.m. and cover weight training, cardio training along with basketball and volleyball training.
Workouts will be Monday through Thursday. There will be a two week break in the middle with the last week of June and the first week of July athletes getting off.
For Forestburg, its incoming boy athletes have completed their first week of summer workouts this week. The girl athletes will join them at the beginning of next week on June 6.
They will go Monday through Thursday every week and also will take a break the week of July 4. Instead of the morning, workouts are scheduled for 6-8 p.m.
At Gold-Burg, some new coaches are expected to be hired but until then there are no plans for official summer workouts in the meantime.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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