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Jackrabbits fall one point short

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The Bowie Jackrabbits almost pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in program history on Friday night in Bridgeport.
Alas, the Jackrabbits came up one point short in a 63-62 shoot out they had a chance to win at the end despite being down 30 points at one time.
Bowie Coach Hugh Farmer suspected it might by a high scoring game. While both teams lost their opening games the Jackrabbits scored 22 points against a good Graham team while feeling like they were just scratching the service of their offensive potential and the Bulls scored 34 points in their loss to Burkburnett.
It was Bridgeport that came out guns blazing and looked like it would win running away with it. Two long touchdown passes from quarterback Mason McComis put the Bulls up 14-0 in the first quarter.
Bowie answered with running back Matthew McCarty finishing off a drive with a nine-yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 14-6.
Unfortunately, Bridgeport continued to score on explosive plays before the quarter was up. Bulls running back Cole Pritchard scored on a 12-yard run before McComis hooked up with his third different receiver for a touchdown of 50 or more yards in the game.
Bridgeport led 28-6 heading into the second quarter with no sign of slowing down.
Bowie’s offense answered again as quarterback Brody Armstrong found A.J. Whatley for a 19-yard touchdown pass. The Bulls scored twice more on a 43-yard pass from McComis and a 40-yard run from Pritchard to build their biggest lead 42-12.
Not wanting to lay down the Jackrabbits showed some life before halftime, scoring twice with drives punctuated by short passes from Armstrong to McCarty to cut the lead to 42-26.
Still, Bridgeport went into halftime reasserting control of the game as McComis threw his fifth touchdown of the half, this one from 39 yard out to make it 49-26.
Bowie made some key defensive adjustments as it seemed nothing could slow down the Bulls in the first half. If they could get stops, the Jackrabbits were confident they could score enough as the only thing stopping them from keeping pace in the first half had been self-inflicted mistakes and turnovers.
Bowie had its most explosive play of the game starting the third quarter on the right note. Armstrong found Tucker Jones for an 86-yard touchdown pass. Unfortunately, Bridgeport hit right back with another big offensive play as Pritchard got lose on a 68-yard touchdown run. Thankfully, it would be the Bulls only score of the quarter.
This allowed Bowie to score twice more as Armstrong capped off drives with touchdown runs, the final before the fourth quarter cutting the lead down to only 10 points, 56-46.
Bridgeport staved off some of the momentum the Jackrabbits were building, capping off only its second scoring drive of the half with McComis’ sixth touchdown pass of the game from 12 yards out.
It put the Bulls at least three scores up 63-46.
Still, Bowie kept coming as the offense kept pulling big plays out of its hat every time it needed to. McCarty scored on an 11-yard run to cut the lead to 63-54. The Jackrabbits next drive saw Armstrong score on a 16-yard run, with the two-point conversion cutting the lead down all the way to one point, 63-62.
Unfortunately, Armstrong was flagged for his second personal foul call of the game for taunting on the scoring play, disqualifying him from the rest of the game.
Bowie got one more stop on defense and had the ball back with a chance to drive for the winning points in the final minute. Unfortunately, an interception was thrown and time ran out on the Jackrabbits comeback attempt.

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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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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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