SPORTS
Bowie starts district against Jim Ned
The Bowie Jackrabbits come off their bye-week to start district play off against possibly its best opponent of the season.
Jim Ned has been one of those programs the last several years people talk about when discussing the top teams in 3A.
The Indians are down at the moment thanks to a 2-3 pre-district record, which are more losses than they had the previous two years combined. Still, there was a reason Jim Ned was a preseason top 10 team in the state in 3A.
The Indians want to run the ball as they have three players with 200 or more rushing yards on the season and two with 300 or more yards. One of Jim Ned’s most highly thought of player is lineman Gage Stanaland who is committed to playing football at Navy. Jackrabbit Coach Hugh Farmer pointed him out as being the best lineman they will have faced so far this season.
While Jim Ned leans on the run, it is to set up big plays in the passing game. Only 59 passes have been thrown this year, but they have completed 39 for 436 yards and seven touchdowns.
Some of the struggles have come from the quarterback situation at Jim Ned as two different players have about equal time. Initially going with an immobile thrower at the position did not produce good results in the first few weeks as the team started 0-3.
The last two games the team has started senior Troy Doran who added an element with his legs at the position and the team has won both of its last two games with him at the helm.
Farmer knows it will take a team effort.
“We are going to have to stop the run and put a lot of people in the box,” Farmer said. “With saying that, we have to read our keys and know our eyes are right so we don’t give up the big play.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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