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Lady Rabbits start off district 1-0
The Bowie Lady Rabbits started district off on the right foot on Wednesday with a win against Henrietta.
The Lady Rabbits beat the Lady Cats 3-1, coming back from a bad first set to win the match.
Bowie came into the match with something to prove. Henrietta has finished in front of the Lady Rabbits in district the past two seasons, beating them the last four district games and going on long playoff runs.
Despite both teams graduating key players, including a few playing at Midwestern State University this year, it’s still recent enough history to linger on this team.
Bowie has gotten some measure of a mental lead this season, beating the Lady Cats twice in two different tournaments on the pre-district schedule. Still, tournament format with fewer stakes is different than district play.
Some of that and maybe some nerves might have played into why the first set started so bad for the Lady Rabbits. Henrietta jumped on Bowie, getting out to 5-0 lead. The Lady Rabbits battled back to cut the lead to 9-6, but then the Lady Cats went on a 9-1 run to break open the set.
Bowie had no chance as it lost set one 25-13. The good news for the Lady Rabbits is they could only play better.
The start of the second set was a bit more competitive for the first 10 points. Bowie was up by a small 6-4 margin before it reeled off five straight points to open up an 11-4 lead.
Henrietta fought back and tied the score up at 13-13. The Lady Rabbits would shortly get another nice lead 20-15, but again the Lady Cats came back, cutting the lead to 21-20.
Thankfully, Bowie would close out the set strong, winning four of the next five points to win the set 25-21 and tie the match at 1-1.
Now the Lady Rabbits were rolling, there was no slowing them down.
The third set saw the score stay competitive for the first 20 points as Bowie led only 11-9. The Lady Rabbits then went on a 9-1 run to break the set open now leading by double-digits 20-10. There was no big comeback from Henrietta as Bowie took the set by the same amount it lost in set one 25-13, to take the lead 2-1.
The fourth set saw the Lady Cats come out and take some control up 8-7. The Lady Rabbits then went on an 11-4 run to make it 18-12 and never looked back. Bowie closed out the set strong with little drama 25-16, winning the match 3-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Nocona Lady Indians beat Saint Jo at home on Saturday morning.
The Lady Indians won 16-1 after four innings due to run-rule against the smaller school.
Nocona was coming off a competitive loss at Collinsville earlier in the week while the Lady Panthers were hoping to compete after a busy week of their athletes doing everything else besides just softball.
The Lady Indians easily won the first matchup between the teams in March, 19-2 and it was more of the same on Saturday.
Saint Jo struck first to start the game off well. Jordyn O’Neal hit a one out single. Krista Reeves followed with a walk after O’Neal had stolen second base and had advanced to third thanks to an error trying to throw her out. A wild pitch then allowed her to score to put the Lady Panthers up 1-0.
The lead did not last long. Nocona’s first two batters drew walks which set up Abby Hill to drive them both in with a single to right field.
Despite giving up a single and a walk later in the inning, Saint Jo’s defense did not allow another run. A line out and groundout to the shortstop while picking off a runner attempting to steal got the Lady Panthers out of the inning unscarred.
The Lady Indians led 2-1.
That was about as competitive as it got. In the second inning, Nocona’s bats got going. Two singles and a hit batter loaded the bases up with no outs.
Reagan Phipps drew a walk that drove in a run. Hill hit another two RBI single. Skye Kirby followed with a two RBI double.
After the first out, Allie Sutton drove in one run with a single. There was a fly out for out two, before a runner came in to score after a passed ball. Finally, an error allowed two more runs to score on the base paths.
Nocona had scored nine runs and led 11-1 to break the game open heading into the third inning.
Taylor Patrick hit a double, with O’Neal and Reeves following with singles. Unfortunately for Saint Jo, Patrick was thrown out before the hits attempting to steal a base so the Lady Panthers scored no runs from this.
The Lady Indians kept pouring on the runs. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases up with no outs. Tinley Cable then hit an RBI single. Shelby Swell was hit by a pitch that drove in another run.
After two strikeouts, Evelyn Marquez drove in two more runs on a double to put Nocona up 15-1, coming up one run short of ending the game early.
The Lady Indians scored that one run in the fourth inning. After Phipps drew a leadoff walk, Hill hit a triple that drove her in to end the game.
Nocona won 16-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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